As of Dec. 15th 2006 profirefighter will begin requiring all users to use SMTP authentication for sending email through the profirefighter email system. This will apply to anyone using any email program, like Outlook Express, to send email through our system. This will not apply to users who only use the webmail system to send email.
If you use an email program to send email for a profirefighter.com email address, or to send email for any hosted domain email address, you will need to make the following changes in your email program to use SMTP authentication.
If you do not make the changes before Dec. 15th 2006, you will not be able to send email through the profirefighter system. If your email program is not listed below, refer to your programs help files for instructions on setting up SMTP authentication.
Outlook and Outlook Express versions 2000 and earlier:
1. Open your Outlook program, then select the Tools > Accounts option from the top menus.
2. Select the Properties button for your email account listed under the Mail tab on the new window.
3. Select the Servers tab on the next window. Place a check mark in the box under "Outgoing Mail Server", labeled "My server requires authentication", then click the OK button and close the accounts window.
Outlook and Outlook Express versions 2002 and later:
1. Open your Outlook program, then select the Tools > E-Mail Accounts option from the top menus.
2. Select the View/Change Existing Email Accounts option, then select the account you want to edit, and click Change.
3. On the Properties window, select the "More Settings" button.
4. On the new window, select the Outgoing Server tab, and then place a check in the "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" selection box. Also, Select the "Use same settings as my incoming mail server" option, then click OK.
5. Click the Finish button.
Mac OS X Mail:
1. Open OS X Mail, From the Mail menu, select Preferences.
2. Select your account from the Accounts window, then click Edit.
3. From the Account Information tab, click the Option button for the Outgoing Mail Server.
4. From the Authentication: pulldown menu, select Password. Complete the Username: and Password: fields with your email username and password.
5. Click OK, Save the changes and close the window.
Thunderbird (or Mozilla Suite):
1. Go to "Tools -> Account Settings -> Outgoing Server (SMTP)".
(If using Mozilla Suite: go to "Edit -> Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings -> Outgoing Server (SMTP)".)
2. Select the server and press the Edit... button.
3. Check the "Use name and password" option. Add your username as your full email address. Click "OK".
4. Thunderbird will ask you for your password the first time you send email and you can optionally save it at that time.
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