When you are at home or at the office, typically you send emails using the outgoing mail server provided by your access provider. (eg when connected to the internet via Charter, use their outgoing email server.) This setup is widely adopted by most providers as a means to help control spam sources.

However, when traveling or roaming, you can find yourself in a position where you are connected to the internet either at a hotel or at a wireless "hotspot". In this situation, you frequently don't know the provider or the name of the outgoing email server. There are two options to send messages in this scenario.

The first is to login to the webmail interface using your web browser. The url or address is http://mail.mi-co.net or you can click on the link on the Mi-Co, Inc. home page http://www.mi-co.net . While using webmail, you can send or receive messages outside of your email client.

If you are using an email client (Outlook Express, Outlook, Eudora, etc...), you can change your outgoing email server settings when roaming. There are typically 4 changes that need to be made.

1. Write down your current settings, so that you can restore them at a later date.
2. Change your outgoing or smtp server to smtpauth.mi-co.net
3. Check the box "My Outgoing Server Requires Authentication" (the wording is slightly different depending on your email software)
4. Enter in the same account name and password for the outgoing email as you use for your incoming email.