Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Cannot send emails using Outlook

The most common reasons for not being able to send emails through Outlook are wrong Outlook settings or blocked port 25 by the Internet Service provider.

Here are a few checks you can make to ensure the problem is not on your end:

Use the correct Mail Client settings:

> Incoming mail server (POP3/IMAP server): mail.yourdomain.com
> Outgoing mail server (SMTP server): mail.yourdomain.com
> Username: the full e-mail address like email@yourdomain.com
> SMTP authentication must be enabled for the login to be successful.
> IMPORTANT: Please do not use secure authentication to your mail server.

The most common mistake is to leave My SMTP server requires authentication checkbox unchecked. This option should always be enabled since most mail servers require such authentication.

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