Microsoft Windows Live Mail 2009 - 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 Windows Live Mail 2009 - 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 Windows Live Mail 2009

• From the main screen right-click on your email account in the left-hand column and choose properties.

Step Two

• Select the 'Servers' tab

• Change the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP)' server to the one in the email sent to you when your account was setup

• Tick 'My server requires authentication' and then click the'Settings...' button

Step Three

• Enter the AuthSMTP username and password that was detailed in your confirmation email

• Tick 'Remember Password'

• Click 'Ok'

Step Four

• Go to the 'Advanced' tab

• Change the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP)' port number from '25' to '2525'

• Click 'OK'

Step Five

• You should now be back to the main Windows Live Mail 2009 screen

• Close Windows Live Mail 2009 and then reload

• Check you are online then test to ensure you can send mail correctly

• All done!