outlook_express_under_windows
Outlook Express under Windows
- Open Outlook Express
- Tool → Accounts
- Click Add → Mail to start the Account Wizard
- Display name: Your Name
- E-Mail address: Your email address (ex. bill@microsoft.com)
- Select POP3
- Incoming Mail server: mx.sdf.org
- Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: mx.sdf.org
- Account name: Your email address (full email address for VPM and VHOST members, just username for MetaARPA)
- The wizard will now save, double click on the new configuration under the Mail tab to continue
- Select the Advanced tab
- Outgoing mail (SMTP) change from 25 to 587 (not completely necessary, but recommended)
- Select the Servers tab
- Check the box ‘My server requires authentication’, then click Settings
- Select Log on using:
- Account name: YOUR DOMAIN NAME (ex. alan8r.sdf.org, traumhost.com)
- Password: What you set with the mkvpm set secret command at the shell
- Click ‘Apply’
- Mail.App under Macos X
- Open Mail.app
- In the Mail menu, select Preferences
- Click the Accounts tab
- Select the account on the left you wish to edit
- On the Account Information tab, find “Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):”
- Click the arrows for the dropdown menu, and select Edit Server List…
- Make sure the server you wish to use is selected in the list, and click on the Advanced tab
- In the Authentication dropdown, select “MD5 Challenge-Response”
- Type in your SDF username in User Name field
- Type in your password in Password field
- Click ok, and close the Preferences window.
outlook_express_under_windows.txt · Last modified: 2024/09/06 06:08 by hc9