On 10/31/15, Nick Andre pondered and said...
 
 NA> Almost right - The Vsoupwin program will pass credentials in an SMTP
 NA> AUTH session however it does not support SSL.

Gotcha... yep, I thought this was the case. I was unsure about passing the
credentials for SMTP as the docs seemed to infer VSoup ignored them. Guess
not.

 NA> Vsoupwin does not directly route email to a recipient. Pretend that
 NA> Vsoupwin is like Outlook Express for example.

Yep knew that but thanks for confirming this.

 NA> So... you will need either an SMTP relay service that does not require
 NA> SSL, or you run your own relay with something such as Hmailserver. You
 NA> would also need the ability to route messages on port 25, so, it helps
 NA> if you have both a static IP and unrestricted port access through your
 NA> ISP.

I have static IP but an ISP that will likely not unblock port 25 for me :(
I do have a Debian box running Exim that I set up for the Usenet server I am
running. It sends to the ISP's SMTP server so I am wondering if I can somehow
set this up to act as a relay for other devices on the home LAN. Then I could
perhaps get VSoup to SMTP to the Exim? Not sure, it's a learning curve for
me. 

 NA> You will find everything is a LOT easier to do if you can run your own
 NA> relay and do everything yourself.

Agree... I'll see what I can bolt together with the restrictions noted above.

Thanks for the reply :)

Best, Paul

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