connecting to external SMTP server in office that uses MS Exchange

[MasterKaos]

Hi,

At my current place of work we have the office mail on outlook connected to a MS Exchange server.

I have a portable email client that tries to connect to my external mail server. I am able to receive mail without problems, but i am unable to send. I;m assuming this is becuase SMTP port 25 is blocked by the office firewall.

Is there any kind of workaround for this? Preferably some kind of local proxy software i could install on the office machine? If not, i do have access to a VPS i could possibly play around with the mail software on that to listen on a different port. One other idea is to somehow send email via the exchange server.

This is mainly for the convenience of using my own email client for personal mail, so that my signature and reply-to etc match my personal credentials.

Thanks!

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[lhuegele]

Have you tried putting your Exchange server down as the outgoing SMTP server? Of course, your Exchange server has to be set-up to allow this type of SMTP relay.

Does your personal email provider offer Webmail?

Good luck,