Pull the "Tools Menu to "Accounts.
Double-click your account, or the "new" button to make a new one (manaully set up). Enter your info like this picture.
Our SMTP server is mail.sbamug.com
Use your entitre email address as the "Account ID".
Under "Advanced receiving Options; Just leave this stuff as it is. No X-s.
Move on.
Under "Advanced sending Options; Set the port to 587 and
yes, the smtp server does require authentication. The same auth as the receiving server. (Meaning your full email address, and your password.
Do NOT X the box for use "secure password" (that is APOP, and no longer supported)
That's it! You're finished. Your SBAMUG email ought to be able to send & receive now. Give it a try. If it doesn't work right away, double check port numbers, mail server name, SSL settings, and your username & password. You can test that your password is correct at webmail http://webmail.sbamug.com
Make sure both POP & SMTP server names are mail.sbamug.com
Click "advanced receiving options", and set SSL on, and make sure the port number is 995. It should automatically adjust itself when you select SSL.
Click the tiny "close" box at the upper left of this tiny window.
Click "Advanced Sending Options" check all 3 checkboxes, and set the port number to 465.
Click the tiny "close" box at the upper left of this tiny window.
Click "OK" to save your settings.
That's it! You're finished. Your SBAMUG email ought to be able to send & receive now - and with a SSL secured connection between your computer & the server. Give it a try. If it doesn't work right away, double check port numbers, mail server name, SSL settings, and your username & password. Be sure that under Advanced Receiveing options "always use a secure password" is off. You can test that your username & password is correct by trying to login to web mail http://webmail.sbamug.com
Copyright Feb 10, 2009 , 2010, updated Oct 25, 2010.
Dave Nathanson
Mac Medix