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How do I enable authentication in Outlook?

Joe Ford

How do I enable authentication in Outlook?

Microsoft Outlook Express

  1. From the Tools menu, choose Accounts.
  2. Click the Mail tab.
  3. Select your email address from the list of accounts, then click the Properties button.
  4. Click the Servers tab.
  5. Under Outgoing Mail Server, check the box next to My server requires authentication.

How do I change my authentication settings in Outlook?

Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016

  1. Start Outlook.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Account Settings.
  3. Select the email account from the list and click Change.
  4. On the Change E-mail Settings window, click More Settings.
  5. Click the Outgoing Server tab and check the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication option.

How does SMTP authentication work?

SMTP Authentication is the mechanism by which the clients of an ISP identify themselves to the mail server through which they intend to send email. It is not possible for any person to send email via any mail server they choose; mail servers will only allow the sending of email by legitimate users.

How do I find my outgoing mail server SMTP?

Android (native Android email client)

  1. Select your email address, and under Advanced Settings, click Server Settings.
  2. You’ll then be brought to your Android’s Server Settings screen, where you can access your server information.

How do I find my SMTP host?

Windows:

  1. Open up a command prompt (CMD.exe)
  2. Type nslookup and hit enter.
  3. Type set type=MX and hit enter.
  4. Type the domain name and hit enter, for example: google.com.
  5. The results will be a list of host names that are set up for SMTP.

What is SMTP server host name?

Host Name – This is the server name for your SMTP server. For example, Gmail’s hostname is: smtp.gmail.com. Port – This is the port that your mail server expects communication to come through. In most cases this will be 465 for a secure (SSL) connection or 25 if not.

Can’t connect to SMTP host?

The SMTP server is often specified as a hostname in the mail settings of the software. Another issue related to mail server is the lack of support for encryption. If the OpenSSL module is not configured properly or if the PHP extension is not working fine, it will throw errors during SMTP connections.

Can’t connect to Gmail SMTP host?

There might be a case that the Open SSL extension is not enabled in your php. ini, which is creating the connection problem. So, once you enable the extension=php_openssl. dll in the ini file, you should enable debug output, so that you can really see that SSL is the actual problem or not.

Can’t connect to mail server?

Most of the time this error specifically means the server address or port number for the SMTP server are incorrect. You will need to check your provider’s support site for exact SMTP settings required. To change your SMTP settings, take the following steps: Confirm your internet connection is working properly.