Outgoing Settings
To send email you must enter the Outgoing Settings for your account. Select Account settings... and select either Add account... or choose an existing account from the drop-down list.
You must enter:
- From: your own name, that the emails you send will be shown as coming from.
- Email: the email address, that the emails you send will be shown as coming from.
- Server: IP address of server (provided by your ISP).
- Port: the SMTP port the default value is 25.
- Encryption: you may select SSL or TLS encryption. The default is none, for no encryption. Normally SSL encryption requires a Port number othen than the default, 25, to be specified.
- Authentication: for servers that require it you may select to use Plain or Login authentication, both require a username and password pair. Alternatively, you may select POP/IMAP to authenticate with your incoming account.
- Signature: select to append a signature to your outgoing emails.
- Select Set... to create a signature.
- Default check this box to make this your default account when sending email.
To receive email, you must also set up your Incoming Settings.