AuthSMTP - Apple Mobile Me.com

Important Points

Important: Before proceeding please login to the AuthSMTP Control Panel and enable SSL on your account.

Due to the way Apple's Mobile Me email systems currently work you have to have SSL enabled on your account for you to be able to send emails through AuthSMTP, otherwise any emails you send may not reach us and you may not get an error message.

• These instructions assume your email account has already been setup in Me.com and is collecting email correctly

• Take a note of any settings you change

• Only change the items specified - you should not need to change either your email address, POP3 server, POP3 username / password

• These instructions are only for setting up an alternative email address and SMTP server in Apple's Mobile Me service - for other email programs please see How To Setup AuthSMTP or contact us

Step One

• Login to your Mobile Me account here - www.me.com

Step Two

• From the main window go into the 'Preferences' by clicking on the 'cog' icon in the top right-hand corner

Step Three

• You will see 5 sections at the top of the new window...

Step Four

• Go to the 'Addresses' section and click on the small '+' button above the list of accounts

Step Five

• Choose 'Send using External Address' and then click the 'Next' button

Step Six

• Enter the email address you wish to send from and your name

• Ensure you have registered the email address on your AuthSMTP account via the Control Panel

• Click 'Next'

Step Seven

• Enter the 'SMTP Server' as 'mail.authsmtp.com'

• Change the 'Port' to '25'

• Enter your AuthSMTP username and password into the fields provided

• Click 'Next'

Step Eight

• The SMTP account and email address have now been added to Mobile Me account

• Click 'Done'

Step Nine

• You will see the 'Send From' account listed with your other accounts.

• Click 'Done'

Step Ten

• To test the setup compose a new message

• Change the 'From' address to the new one that you have setup

• Click the paper plane button to send the message

Step Eleven

• All done!

Troubleshooting

• Check you have entered the AuthSMTP username and correctly

• Check you have registered the from address on your AuthSMTP account

• Check the Control Panel to see if any errors are being logged against your account