Setting up SMTP Authentication

Outlook XP

Step 1:

Open Outlook, then go to Tools -> ‘E-mail Accounts’ as shown in Fig 1.

Fig 1.

Step 2:

When the E-mail Accounts dialog box appears, select ‘View or change existing e-mail accounts, then hit ‘Next’ as shown in Fig 2.

Fig 2.

Step 3:

When the dialog box with your email account(s) list comes up, select the account in question, and then click ‘Change’ as shown below in Fig 3.

Fig 3.

Step 4:

When the screen for your email account comes up, ensure that your incoming mail server (POP3) is set to mail.graceba.net and your outgoing mail server (SMTP) is set to smtp.graceba.net. Next select the button in the lower right hand corner labeled ‘More Settings’ as shown below in Fig 4.

Fig 4.

Step 5:

Select the tab labeled ‘Outgoing Server’ when the dialog box pictured in Fig 5. appears. Select the box labeled ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.  Also select the option labeled ‘Log on using’, and enter your username followed by @graceba.net in the ‘User Name:’ field, and the account password in the ‘Password:’ field.  Hit ‘OK’ to apply the settings.

Fig 5.