SMTP Authentication

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Outlook Express 5 and 6, Incredimail

1. Open Outlook Express or Incredimail.
2. Select Accounts ( from the Tools menu.
3. Click the Mail tab (or go to Email Service tab for Outlook 98).
4. Select your Expedient email account and click the Properties button.
5. Click the Servers tab.
6. On the Servers tab, select My server requires authentication.
7. Click the Settings button.
8. In the Logon Information section, place a tick in Log on using radio button and type in your Expedient email address in the Account name: field.
9. In the Password: field, type in your email password. Check Remember password.
10. Click OK then click Close .
11. Exit from Outlook Express or Incredimail. The next time you start the program the new settings will take affect.

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Outlook 98 and 2000

1. Open Outlook.
2. Select Accounts (or Services for Outlook 98) from the Tools menu.
3. Click the Mail tab (or go to Email Service tab for Outlook 98).
4. Select your Expedient email account and click the Properties button.
5. Click the Servers tab.
6. On the Servers tab, select My server requires authentication.
7. Click the Settings button.
8. Under Logon Information , select Log on using and type in your Expedient email address in the Account name: field -- OR -- if you use your Expedient email address for the incoming (POP3/IMAP) username field rather than your username (recommended) or change the username to your Expedient email address, select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
9. In the Password: field, type in your email password. Check Remember password.
10. Click OK then click Close .
11. Exit from Outlook. The next time you start the program the new settings will take affect.

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Outlook 2002 (XP)

1. Open Outlook.
2. Select E-mail Accounts from the Tools menu.
3. Select View or change existing e-mail accounts .
4. Click Next.
5. Select your Expedient email account and click the Change button.
6. Click the More Settings... button.
7. Click the Outgoing Server tab.
8. Place a check in My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
9. Select Log on using: and enter your Expedient email address in the Account ID: field and your password into the Password: field -- OR -- if you use your Expedient email address for the incoming (POP3/IMAP) username field rather than your username (recommended) or change the username to your Expedient email address, select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
10. Click OK, and then click the Next button.
11. Click Finish.
12. Go to the File menu and select Exit.The next time you start Outlook the new settings will take affect.

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Outlook 97

[Ref: MSKB 197869] Outlook 97 does not have the ability to designate a separate Inbound and Outbound mail server for receiving and sending messages. In this case, all that is required for authentication is a valid account name which can be found in the Mailbox Information section of the Internet Mail Service for a users' specific profile.

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Eudora 4.2.2

1. Close Eudora.
2. Go to the EUDORA.INI file on your hard drive. This file should be found in the C:\EUDORA or C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora directories.
3. Open the INI file with Notepad and add the following two lines to the [Settings] section:
   SMTPAuthRequired=1
   SMTPAuthAllowed=1
4. Save the file, and restart Eudora. If you receive a 550 error when sending mail, check the INI file for errors and try again.

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Eudora 4.3 and higher

1. Open Eudora.
2. Select Options from the Tools menu.
3. Under the Category heading on the left, click Sending Mail .
4. Select Allow authentication on the right side of the Options window. You can also do this for your personalities under Tools: Personalities. Note: Eudora uses the login name specified on the Checking Mail configuration option, which is in the format of username@mail.expedient.net.
5. Change Secure Sockets When Sending at the bottom of the window to Never.
6. Click OK.

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Macintosh

Netscape Mail 6.x and 7.x

1. Open Netscape.
2. Click Mail on the Tasks menu.
3. On the Edit menu, click Mail/News Account Settings... (NS 6.x) or Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings... (NS 7.x).
4. In the left pane of the Account Settings window, click to select Outgoing (SMTP) Server.
5. Click to select Always use name and password check box.
6. In the User Name: box, enter your Expedient email address.
7. Click OK.
8. You will prompted for your password when sending a message. Enter your email password in the dialog box. To have Netscape save your password, click to select Use Password Manager to remember this password option when prompted for your password.

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Outlook Express 5

1. Select Accounts from the Tools menu.
2. Select your Expedient email account and click the Edit button.
3. Under Sending Mail at the bottom, click the Click here for advanced sending options.
4. Place a check next to SMTP server requires authentication.
5. Select Log on using: and enter your Expedient email address in the Account ID: field and your password into the Password: field -- OR -- if you use your Expedient email address for the incoming (POP3/IMAP) username field rather than your username (recommended) or change the username to your Expedient email address, select Use same settings as incoming mail server.
6. Click the Close button in the upper left of the Advanced Sending Options drop down window to return to the Edit Account window.
7. Click OK.
8. Click the Close button in the upper left of the Accounts window.
9. Quit Outlook Express. The next time you start Outlook Express the new settings will take affect.

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OS X Mail

1. Open OS X Mail.
2. Select Preferences from the Mail menu.
3. Select your Expedient email account and select Edit.
4. Select Add server from the Outgoing Mail Server menu.
5. In the SMTP Server Options dialog window, type mail.expedient.net in the Outgoing Mail Server: field.
6. Select Password from the Authentication menu.
7. Enter your Expedient email address in the User name: field.
8. Type your password into the SMTP Password field.
9. Click OK.

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Eudora 4.2.2

1. Open a new blank message in Eudora.
2. Type the following into the body of the message (include the angle brackets):
   <x-eudora-setting:264=y>
   
3. Double click on the line you just entered.
4. Type Y in the dialog box and hit Set Setting.
5. Cancel out of the message.
6. Select Settings... from the Special menu.
7. Click OK.

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Eudora 4.3 and higher

1. Select Settings... from the Special menu.
2. Click Hosts on the Category list on the left.
3. Place a checkmark in Allow authorization.
4. Click Sending Mail on the Category list on the left.
5. Select Allow authentication on the right side of the Options window. You can also do this for your personalities under Tools: Personalities. Note: Eudora uses the login name specified on the Checking Mail configuration option, which is in the format of username@mail.expedient.net.
6. Change Secure Sockets When Sending at the bottom of the window to Never.
7. Click OK.

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Entourage

1. Open Entourage.
2. Select Accounts from the Tools menu.
3. Select your Expedient email account from the list and click the Edit button.
4. Click the button labeled Click here for advanced sending options under "Sending Mail" at the bottom.
5. Place a check in the box labeled SMTP server requires authentication.
6. Select Log on using and type your Expedient email address into the Account ID: field and your email password into the Password: field -- OR -- if you use your Expedient email address for the incoming (POP3/IMAP) username field rather than your username (recommended) or change the username to your Expedient email address, select Use same settings as receiving mail server.
7. Close the advanced sending options dialog box.
8. Click OK.

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Linux

Mozilla 1.3.1

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