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Enabling Authentication for Sending Mail Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 12:56 Written by Rob Turner Hits: 8248

Authentication for sending through mail.islandnet.com servers is REQUIRED.

Here is some instruction for various email clients on how to enable:

SMTP Authentication Setup for Thunderbird
1. Open Thunderbird, go to Tools -> Account Settings... -> Outgoing Server (SMTP)
2. Select the outgoing server by clicking on it, then click the Edit... button
3. Under Security and Authentication, check the "Use name and password"option
4. Fill in your email account username and click Ok.

SMTP Authentication Setup for SeaMonkey
1. Open SeaMonkey, go to Edit -> Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings... -> Outgoing Server (SMTP)
2. Select the outgoing server by clicking on it, then click the Edit... button
3. Under Security and Authentication, check the "Use name and password"option
4. Fill in your email account username and click Ok.

SMTP Authentication Setup for Windows Mail / Windows Live Mail
1. Open the mail app and go to Tools -> Accounts...
2. Select the mail account you'll be working with by clicking on it, then click the Properties button
3. Click the Servers tab, then select "My server requires authentication"
4. Click the Settings... button, then select "Use same setting as my incoming email server" and click
Ok.

SMTP Authentication Setup for Eudora
1. Open Eudora. Select the Tools menu item and choose Options. (If using a Macintosh, select Special
menu and choose Settings.)
2. In the Sending Mail category, place a check in the "Allow Authentication" box.
3. Press OK.

SMTP Authentication Setup for Outlook
1. Open Outlook. Go to Tools -> Account settings...
2. Click the E-mail tab, then select the email account to be modified and click the Change… button
3. Click the "More Settings…" button
4. Under "Outgoing Server" tab, select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" and
choose "Use same settings as my incoming mail server."
5. Click OK.

SMTP Authentication Setup for Apple Mail
1. Open Mail and go to Mail --> Preferences
2. Select the "Accounts" tab and select the Account you wish to configure.
3. Make sure the "Account Information" tab is selected. At the bottom of this screen there is a dropdown
list for Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP). Select "Edit SMTP Server List".
4. To add a new SMTP server to the list click the plus icon (+) at the bottom of the window. Make sure
the "Account Information" tab is selected.
5. Fill in anything you wish for "Description" (some name that will help you remember which SMTP
server these settings refer to, such as your domain name) and under "Server Name" enter
mail.example.com (replace "example.com" with your actual domain name).
6. Now click on the "Advanced" tab. For "Authentication" select "Password" and then enter your email
username and password in the form.
7. You may want to select "Use custom port". Default SMTP port is 25, but if that does not work you
might want to use 587.
8. Click "OK" to save your settings.


Outlook 2010

Step 1: Open Outlook

Step 2: On the menu bar you will find an option ‘File’. Click on File and then select the option ‘Info’.

Step 3: Once the option ‘Info’ is selected you will see ‘Account Settings’ on the right hand side block.

Step 4: Click on ‘Account Settings’. It will give show you a drop Down ‘Add and remove accounts or change existing connection settings’, click this option.

Step 5: A pop up window called ‘Account settings’ will appear, click the First tab called ‘E-mail’.

Step 6: Select the user’s account and click ‘Change’.

Step 7: Upon clicking ‘Change’ another pop-up will open, out here click on ‘More Settings’.

Step 8: It will take you to ‘Internet Email Settings’, Click ‘Outgoing Server’.

Step 9: Under Outgoing Server you will find the option ‘My Outgoing Server (SMTP) requires Authentication’and ‘Use same settings as my incoming server’, make sure that both the options are selected out here.

Step 10: Exit all the windows by clicking ‘OK’.

Entourage.

1. Open Entourage.

2. From the Tools menu, select Accounts.

3. Click once on the name of the account you wish to edit. This will highlight the account.

4. Click on the Edit button at the top of the Accounts window. DO NOT click on the edit menu at the very top of the screen.

5. In the Account Settings tab at the bottom of the Edit Account window, change the text to mail.islandnet.com in theSMTP server box.

6. Click on the Click here for advanced sending options button underneath the SMTP server box.

7. Place a checkmark in the box next to SMTP server requires authentication.

8. Click on the very small close box in the upper-left corner of this settings window to close it.

9. Click the OK button to close the Edit Account window, and then close the Accounts window. SMTP authentication has been enabled.


Enable SMTP Authentication for IPhone/iPad

Enabling SMTP Authentication

Tap on Settings from your main screen
Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendar button
Tap on YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT
Scroll down to the Outgoing Mail Server
Change Authentication to "Password"
Go to the bottom of the screen and tap the button labeled Advanced.
Scroll to the Outgoing Settings section and tap the Server Port field.
Use the on-screen keyboard to enter 587 in the custom SMTP port number.*
Click SAVE on your right hand corner.



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