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Our Mail SMTP servers requires authentication.
Please select your specific client below to enable this setting:

Microsoft Outlook 2002 (XP) & 2003

Microsoft Outlook 98 & 2000

Microsoft Outlook Express

Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh

The Bat!

Eudora (for Windows)

Netscape 7.1

IncrediMail 618 and higher

Microsoft Entourage 2001

Other software, not in this list

Microsoft Outlook 2002 (XP) & 2003

From the Tools menu, choose "Email Accounts."
Check "View or change existing e-mail accounts" and click Next
Select your Mail account and click "Change."
Click on "More Settings..." button
Click on the "Outgoing Server" tab.
Check the box next to "My Server Requires Authentication."
Click "OK."

Note: Please make sure that "Log on using Secure Password Authentication" is not checked.

Microsoft Outlook 98 & 2000

From the Tools menu, choose "Email Accounts."
Check "View or change existing e-mail accounts" and click Next
Select your Mail account and click "Change."
Click on "More Settings..." button
Click on the "Outgoing Server" tab.
Check the box next to "My Server Requires Authentication."
Click "OK."

Note: Please make sure that "Log on using Secure Password Authentication" is not checked.

Microsoft Outlook Express

From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."
Select the "Mail" tab.
Double-click the account labeled "mail.domainname.com"
Select the "Servers" tab.
Check the box next to "My Server Requires Authentication."
Click "OK."

Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh

From the Tools menu, select "Accounts."
Double-click on your Mail account.
Under "Sending Mail," you will see "Click here for advanced server settings." Click this to open the settings.
Check the box next to "SMTP server requires authentication."
Click "OK."

The Bat!

From the Account menu, select Properties
Select the Transport item from the left hand menu
In Send Mail click the More button
Check the Perform SMTP authentication (RFC 2554) checkbox
Select the Use POP server Login option

Eudora (for Windows)

From the Tools choose Options
Click on Getting Started
In the SMTP Server (Outgoing) area check the Allow Authentication checkbox
Click OK

Once you have completed the steps above, please close down Eudora and then restart it to ensure that the settings have taken effect. You may like to send a test message from the account that you just configured to check that SMTP authentication is working.[/b]

Netscape 7.1

From the Edit menu, select Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings
Select Outgoing Server (SMTP)
Check the Username and password checkbox
Enter your username as a complete email address
Click OK for all windows that are currently open

Once you have completed the steps above, please close down Netscape and then restart it to ensure that the settings have taken effect. You may like to send a test message from the account that you just configured to check that SMTP authentication is working.

IncrediMail 618 and higher

From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."
Select your account and click the "Properties" button.
Click on the "Servers" tab.
Under Outgoing Mail Server, check the box next to "My Server Requires Authentication."
Click "OK," then "Close" on the Mail Accounts window.

Microsoft Entourage 2001

Open the Entourage client (program) and click "Tools."
Select "Accounts" from the pull-down menu.
Double-click your mail account.
On the Account Settings window, scroll to the "Sending Mail" category toward the bottom.
Click on "Click here for Advanced Sending Options."
Check the box next to "SMTP Server Requires Authentication."
Close this window by clicking the tiny box in the upper-left corner.
Click "OK."

To ensure the new settings are configured properly, we suggest closing the Entourage client and opening it again before sending or receiving messages.

Other mail software

If your mail software was not specifically mentioned in the list above, you should still be able to enable SMTP authentication relatively easily.
We would recommend that you:

Consult the user manual / help guide for your mail software for instructions on enabling SMTP authentication
Browse your mail software settings to find where you can enable SMTP authentication
Perform a web search for articles on enabling SMTP authentication in your mail software
Contact the software vendor of your mail software for further assistance or mail us at serverauthentication@usprocom.net for more details. When emailing, please specify exact name of your mail client. Another option - leave a request here
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