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General How To Questions About Email

This FAQ guides you in setting up the Outlook Express email client to be able to send email using port 587.

Open Outlook Express and select the Tools menu and click Accounts
Click the Mail tab to make it the active window. Select the E-mail account name from the list and click the Properties button.
Select your account and click the Change button (in Outlook 2000, click the Properties button).
Select the Servers tab and verify that you have mail.yourdomain.com in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) field. Click to put a check in the My server requires authentication option and then click the Settings button. Ensure that the Use same settings as my incoming mail server is selected and click OK.
Select the Advanced tab. In the Server Port Numbers section at the top, delete the value inside the Outgoing server (SMTP) field (the second text field from the top) and type the value 587 in this field. Now press the OK button at the bottom of the page to close.
Click Apply and then OK. You should now be configured to use port 587 to send email.

This FAQ guides you in setting up the Thunderbird email client to be able to send email using port 587.

Open Thunderbird, click on Tools from the top menu and then click on Account Settings... from the dropdown list.
In the Account Settings window, select the Outgoing Server (SMTP) option from the menu list on the left and click Edit.
In the Port field, delete the current value and type 587 to replace the deleted port number. Place a check in the Use name and password option and type your email user name in the field provided (your email user name is your email address).
Click OK when you have finished making these changes. You are now configured touse port 587 to send email with Thunderbird.

This FAQ guides you in setting up the Outlook 2007 email client to be able to send email using port 587.

From the Tools menu, click on Account Settings
Highlight the E-mail account and click Change
Verify that your mail settings are correct and click More Settings
In the Internet E-Mail Settings window, click the Outgoing Server tab and check the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication box.
The Use same settings as my incoming mail server radio button should be selected as well.
Click the Advanced tab and change the Outgoing server (SMTP) from 25 to 587. Click OK.
On the Change E-mail Account screen, click Next
Click Finish

This FAQ guides you in setting up the Outlook 2003 email client to be able to send email using port 587.

Open Outlook 2003, select Tools from the top menu, and then E-mail Accounts... from the pull down list.
In the E-mail category, select View or change existing e-mail accounts and click the Next button to continue.
Select your email account, and then click the Change button.
On the Internet E-mail Settings page, click the More Settings... button located in the bottom right corner of the window.
Select the Outgoing Server tab, and put a check in the box labelled My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. Also, select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
Click on the Advanced tab and in the Outgoing server (SMTP) field, delete the current value in this field and type in the value 587.
Press the OK button to return to the previous menu. At this point, you can test your settings by clicking the Test Account Settings... button. If everything is configured properly, each of the tests will have a green check mark next to them. If any of the tests fail, go back and make sure that each setting is configured correctly.
After you close the Test Account Settings window, click Next and then Finish. You are now configured to use port 587 to send email with Outlook 2003.

This FAQ guides you in setting up the Outlook 2000 and 2002 email client to be able to send email using port 587.

Open Outlook. In the menu, choose Tools -> E-mail Accounts.
Choose "View or change existing e-mail accounts" (in Outlook 2000, choose Accounts) and click Next.
Select your account and click the Change button (in Outlook 2000, click the Properties button).
Click the More Settings button (in Outlook 2000, skip this step).
In the window that appears, click the Advanced tab. Change the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" to 587 then click OK.
Click Next, then click the Finish button (in Outlook 2000, skip the Finish button), and then click Close.