Important Points
- These instructions assume your email account has already been setup and
is collecting email correctly.
- Take a note of any settings you change.
- Only change the items specified - you should not need to change either
your email address, POP3 server, POP3 username / password.
- We have instructions for both
default SMTP port and
alternate SMTP port
configurations - alternate port is generally used if your ISP blocks the
normal port 25 SMTP access (as many do these days!).
Step 1
- Open Mac Mail on Leopard by clicking the Icon
Step 2
- Got to the Mac 'Mail' menu and click 'Preferences'
Step 3
- Click on the Mac Mail account you wish to edit,
you may have multiple accounts so if you do you will need to edit each one
separately
- Click on the 'Outgoing Mail Server' drop down menu and select 'Edit SMTP
Server List...'
Step 4
- Click on the plus (+) button to add another SMTP server
- For the description enter 'AuthSMTP'
- For the Server Name enter 'mail.authsmtp.com'
Step 5
- Go to the 'Advanced' tab
- Click on 'Authentication' and select 'MD5 Challenge-Response'
Step 6
- Enter the AuthSMTP Username and Password that has been emailed to you
Step 7
- You have now setup the AuthSMTP outgoing mail server
- Close the window
Step 8
- When prompted click 'Save' to keep the changes
Step 9
- When you first click 'Get Mail' or go to send an email you may need to
re-enter your AuthSMTP password
