Microsoft Outlook 2003 - Alternate Port - Setup Guide
Important Points
- First you need to make sure the email address(es) you will be sending from have been authorised for your account in our Control Panel .
- These instructions assume your email account has already been setup 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 Microsoft Outlook 2003 - for other email programs please see How To Setup AuthSMTP or contact us.
- We have instructions for both default SMTP port and alternate SMTP port configurations - alternate port is generally used if your ISP blocks the normal port 25 SMTP access (as many do these days!).
Step One
- Load Microsoft Outlook 2003
- From the main screen open the 'Tools' menu and then select 'E-mail Accounts...'
Step Two
- Select 'View or change existing e-mail accounts'
- Click the 'Next >' button
Step Three
- Click on the email account to modify - this will cause it to become highlighted
- Click on the 'Change...' button
Step Four
- Change the 'Outgoing mail server (SMTP)' to the SMTP server we supplied with your signup email
- Click the 'More Settings...' button
Step Five
- Click the 'Outgoing Server' tab
Step Six
- Tick 'My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication'
- Select 'Log on using'
- Enter the AuthSMTP username and password we supplied when you signed up
- IMPORTANT: 'authsmtp.username' is an example - if your AuthSMTP username was 'ab12345' enter it as that and *not* as 'authsmtp.ab12345'
- Tick the 'Remember password' option
Step Seven
- Click on the 'Advanced. tab
- Change the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP)' port number to the alternate port(port 2525 is recommended)
- 'Ok' button
Step Eight
- Click the 'Next >' button then the 'Finish' button
Step Nine
- You should now be back to the main Outlook 2003 screen
- Close Outlook 2003 and then reload
- Check you are online then test to ensure you can send mail correctly
- All done!