Microsoft Messaging - Windows Mobile 6 - Setup Guide

Important Points

  • First you need to make sure the email address(es) you will be sending from have been authorised for your account in our Control Panel .
  • These instructions assume your email server / 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 your incoming email settings.
  • These instructions are only for Windows Messaging on Windows Mobile 6 -for other email programs please see How To Setup AuthSMTP or contact us.
  • Windows Messaging appears to try to use SSL connections even if you tell it not to use them - for this reason we recommend you enable SSL connections for your AuthSMTP account in the Control Panel first.

Step 1

  • Load Messaging on your device - click 'Menu' and select 'Options' - it should look something like this:
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 1 - In Messaging click menu and select Options

Step 2

  • Click on your email account and it should look something like this:
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 2 - No changes required to your email address

Step 3

  • No changes should be needed so click 'Next' then it should look something like this:
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 3 - No changes required to Name so click Next

Step 4

  • No changes should be needed - so click 'Next' then it should look something like this:
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 4 - No changes to POP3 settings so click Next

Step 5

  • No changes should be needed - so click 'Next' then it should look something like this:
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 5 - Change outgoing mail server to AuthSMTP's server

Step 6

  • Enter the SMTP server we provided in the signup instructions (usually:mail.authsmtp.com) and tick 'Outgoing server requires authentication'.
  • Click 'Advanced Server Settings' and should look something like this:
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 6 - Uncheck Require SSL for Outgoing E-mail

Step 7

  • Uncheck 'Require SSL for Outgoing e-mail' although see the note above'SSL connections' in the box at the top of this page - then click 'Done' to be taken back to the previous page:
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 7 - Click Next to continue outgoing mail setup

Step 8

  • Click 'Next' then it should look something like this.
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 8 - Enter your AuthSMTP username and password and then click Next

Step 9

  • Enter your AuthSMTP username (typically something like: aa12345) and AuthSMTP password - both are case sensitive and click to 'Save Password'then click 'Next':
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 9 - No changes required so click Next

Step 10

  • No changes are usually required to this section for setting up outgoing mail - click'Next'.
Windows Mobile 6 - Step 10 - No changes required so click Finish to complete the setup of the AuthSMTP mail relay service

Step 11

  • No changes are usually required to this section for setting up outgoing mail - click'Finish'
  • Done!