(7.8 %) | Setting up Outlook to send through SMTP on port 587 |
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If your are using Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird you need to change the SMTP settings when using our email servers for SMTP - many people don't use our servers and just use their local ISP. Please make these changes if you are having any email sending problems. Squirrelmail and Webmail users are not affected by this.
Many ISPs are now blocking port 25 outbound from end users to prevent spam from their network. A new standard is to use port 587 and setup 101sitehosting.com's email servers to listen on port 587. To setup Outlook Express - do this 1) Open Outlook. 2) Tools -> Accounts 3) go to the "Mail" tab. 4) select the account and click "Properties". 5) Change the "Outgoing Mail Server" to "mail.yourdomainname.com" 6) Go to the "Outgoing Server" Tab in the new window. 7) Checkmark the "Outgoing Server (SMTP) requires authentication" option and select the "Use same settings as my incoming server" option. Hit "Ok". 8) Go to the "Advanced" Tab in the new window. 9) Set the "Outgoing mail (SMTP)" option to 587 from 25. Hit "Ok".
To setup Outlook 2003 - do this
Outlook should now use port 587 for sending mail if the settings look like the screen shots shown below. 
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