Setting Email to use SMTP Authentication

Setting Email to use SMTP Authentication

Microsoft Outlook Express (Windows Mail)

1. Open your email program
2. Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Accounts"
3. In the Internet Accounts window, click on the "Mail" tab
4. Click to select your email account
5. Click the "Properties" button on the right side of the Internet Accounts window
6. In the window, as displayed below, click the "Servers" tab
7. Make sure that your "Incoming mail (POP3)" is set to: mail.smgazette.com
8. Make sure your "Outgoing mail (SMTP)" is set to: smtp.smgazette.com
9. Near the bottom of the Servers tab pane, under "Outgoing Mail Server" place a check-mark in the box labeled "My server requires authentication"
10. Click the "Settings" button
11. In the Outgoing Mail Server Window, select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server"
12. Click "OK"
13. After clicking OK in the Outgoing Mail Server window, Click the "Apply" button. Then click "OK". Then close the "Internet Accounts" window
14. Congratulations! You have successfully set up SMTP Authentication. You may now begin sending and receiving email.

Microsoft Outlook

1. Open your email program
2. Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Email Accounts..."
3. Click "View or change existing e-mail accounts" if it is not already selected
4. Click "Next"
The E-mail accounts window will appear
5. In the window, as displayed below, click your email account to select it
6. Click the "Change" button on the right side
7. Make sure that your "Incoming mail (POP3)" is set to: mail.smgazette.com
8. Make sure your "Outgoing mail (SMTP)" is set to: smtp.smgazette.com
9. In the window, as displayed below, click the "More Settings..." button
10. As detailed below, click the "Outgoing Server" tab
11. Place a check-mark in "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"
12. Select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server"
13. Click "OK"
14. You will be taken back to the E-mail Settings (POP3) window. Click "Next" and finish the setup.
15. Congratulations! You have successfully set up SMTP Authentication. You may now begin sending and receiving email.

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