Hi Guys,

I have been trying to sus this out most of the evening.
Where I have just started things are a bit disorganised.. little details, like passwords for Admin, VOIP Admin, and basic network config are still to be supplied.. that and My weakest areas of skill is where I have been in greatest demand.. thats life..

The problem I have.. I have number of Sub-contractors who wish to acces their companies email.. but.. it appears that atleast ports 25 and 110 are blocked ie smtp and POP access.. for some of these guys its ok they can use yahoo/google/(yetch) MSN etc.. one company has a webmail setup.. I had been instructed by one of City Admins to tell them to use Mail2Web
Problem is A couple of the noisest contractors - and more valuable to the project.. want/demand to be able to use their email client software.. these old roosters are bloody good at their job of knowing their steel and how to weld it.. but need super hand holding in front of a PC..

So my list of possable solutions to the blocked Ports.. Proxy the connection.. I know the co has had proxy connectins for clients.. I have never used a proxy for anything.. is this reliable?
is there such a thing as a SMTP/POP Proxy?

As commented .. further encourage the use of a email to Web mail server

Talk the Admins for the MAilservers to change their SMTP and POP ports.. prob here is I Know one (OZ's big one) will not comply....

Other solution.. I havent approached..

Ideas here to help me to take submissions to respective Admins tomorrow will be helpful..

BTW: I am only on the site a day a week at the moment.. but the issue seemed insignificant last week, but is serious this week.. I wont be letting this go to many days..

Cheers