Setting up
SMTP Authentication
What is SMTP Authentication?
SMTP Authentication
is a transparent mechanism for our mail server to verify who you are. The
server asks for your user name and password, which your mail program passes
on. If you are verified as being a "real" mound.net
user, then you'll be able to send your message.
Why do we use
it?
In the
fight to stop Spam (junkmail, Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, etc.), the rules
that apply to mail servers acceptance of mail are getting ever stronger.
In order to
set up mail clients to use SMTP Authentication, the following instructions
should be used. Basically, SMTP Authentication needs to be enabled, and
set up to use the email address and password of the user in question. Below
are instructions and screen shots for the most common mail software currently
in use.
Note: The following
instructions must be applied to all email accounts.
Netscape
7.1
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Eudora
6.0
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Outlook
XP
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Outlook
Express XP
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Mozilla
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Open the Netscape
mail software, then go to Edit -> 'Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings' ,
as pictured below in Fig 1.
On the left
hand side of the dialog box, select 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)' (see Fig 2).
Ensure that the Server Name is set to the correct mail server (smtp.mound.net),
and check the box that is labeled 'Use name and password'. Enter the email
address for the user in question in the text box labeled 'User Name'. Click 'OK' to
apply the settings.
Open Eudora,
and go to Tools -> Options as in Fig 3.
Select the 'Sending
Mail' icon on the left hand side. Double check that the SMTP server is
set to your outgoing mail server (smtp.mound.net). Check the box that
is labeled 'Allow
Authentication' as
in Fig 4.
In order for
SMTP authentication to work with Eudora, it is important that the user
credentials that are entered for the POP server is set to the email address
for the username. i.e. joe@mound.net instead of just joe.
Open Outlook,
then go to Tools -> 'E-mail Accounts' as shown in Fig 5.
When the E-mail
Accounts dialog box appears, select 'View or change existing e-mail accounts,
then hit 'Next' as shown in Fig 6.
When the dialog
box with your email account(s) list comes up, select the account in question,
and then click 'Change' as shown below in Fig 7.
When the screen
for your email account comes up, ensure that the Outgoing
Mail Server is set to the correct mail server (smtp.mound.net). Then
select the button in the lower right hand corner labeled 'More Settings' as
shown below in Fig 8.
Select the tab
labeled 'Outgoing Server' when the dialog box pictured in Fig 9. appears.
Select the box labeled 'My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. Also
select the option labeled 'Log on using', and enter the full email address
in the 'User Name:' field, and the account password in the 'Password:' field. Hit 'OK' to
apply the settings.
Open Outlook
Express and go to Tools -> Accounts as shown below in Fig 10.
When the 'Internet
Accounts' dialog box appears, make sure the 'Mail' tab is selected, then
highlight the account that you would like to change. Click the button labeled 'Properties'.
See Fig 11. below.
When the 'Properties' tab
appears, make sure the 'Servers' tab is selected. Ensure that the Outgoing
Mail Server is set to the correct mail server (smtp.mound.net). Select
the box at the bottom of the dialog box labeled 'My server requires authentication' ,
then hit the button next to it labeled 'Settings' as shown below in Fig
12.
Select the option
labeled 'Log on using', then in the 'Account Name:' field; enter the full
email address of the user in question. Put the account password in the 'Password' field,
check 'Remember password' then hit 'OK' as shown below in Fig 13. Hit 'Apply',
then 'OK' to apply the settings.
Open the Mozilla
mail client, then go to 'Edit'-> 'Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings' as
shown below in Fig 14.
When the dialog
box appears, select the 'Outgoing Server (SMTP)' option on the left hand
side. Ensure that the 'Server Name' text box contains the outgoing mail
server for the account in question (smtp.mound.net). Select the checkbox
labeled 'Use name and password', and then enter the full email address
of the user in the 'User Name' field. See Below in Fig 15. Hit 'Ok' to
apply the settings.
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