[plug] For Tim - Re: E-mail sharing

[James Elliott]

Hi Tim

The Alloy IPS-150 used to support e-mail sharing.  I installed several of
these.  Apparently  both the device and e-mail sharing have been
discontinued by Alloy.

Below is the reply I received from Greg Round at Alloy.  He gives the URL of
the page that tells how it works.

Kind regards.

James Elliott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Round" <Greg.Round at alloy.com.au>
To: <James.Elliott at wn.com.au>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: e-mail sharing


Hi James,
We used to have a product that supported this, The IPS150.
The IPS150 product is now discontinued.

The current IP/IPS series of product have dropped this functionality.

Here is some info on how it worked:
http://www.alloy.com.au/support.asp?TID=136



Greg Round
Technical Support Manager
Alloy Computer Products
greg.round at alloy.com.au
Phone 61 3 8562 9000
Fax 61 3 9561 7412
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>>> "James Elliott" <James.Elliott at wn.com.au> 12/05/03 14:40:03 >>>
In a recent e-mail I posted onto a User Group list I subscribe to, I
mentioned e-mail sharing.  Now, another member has got back to me,
interested in finding our more about this and how it works.  I have said
that I have installed Alloy Internet Gateway devices in the past and that I
am reasonably sure that is where I came across it, but I cannot remember the
details and would find out.

I would be obliged if you could help by telling me:
-- if e-mail sharing is possible with your products?
-- how it works?

The way I remember it is that the ISP can only see the gateway, so if the
customer's username is "mybiz" then
-- the gateway would dial-up using the username: mybiz and associated
password
-- the gateway would send e-mail from, and receive e-mail addressed to:
mybiz at ISP.com.au

If I remember correctly, the gateway can allocate up to 50 internal e-mail
addresses, something like:
Jim-mybiz at ISP.com.au
Sue-mybiz at ISP.com.au
... etc
 and the gateway keeps track of who sent what and who a reply should be
routed to.

Is this correct?

If so,how does someone outside the LAN send an e-mail to Jim or Sue since
the ISP would not recognise the addresses
Jim-mybiz at ISP.com.au
Sue-mybiz at ISP.com.au
??

I look forward to your reply
Kind regards,

James Elliott
Ravensthorpe Computers
PO Box 228 Ravensthorpe  WA  6346
Tel 08 9838 1043    Fax 08 9838 1049
E-mail: James.Elliott at wn.com.au