Changing your Microsoft Outlook XP or 2003 to use
"go.281.com" and Outgoing mail server (SMTP) Authentication
- Open Microsoft Outlook. Left Click "Hide" if you have an error
message.
- Once Outlook is open and there are no error messages or other dialog boxes
open, Left Click the Tools Menu. Left Click E-mail Accounts.
- This will open the window pictured below:
- Chose "View or change existing e-mail accounts" as shown above. Left
Click Next> button.
- This will open the E-mail Accounts window as shown here:
- Left Click on the Name of an account to chose one to edit (Support2 is
chosen above). Left Click the Change... button on the right side.
- Confirm your information here. NOTHING SHOULD CHANGE IN USER
INFORMATION OR LOGON INFORMATION! Your E-mail address has not changed.
The @281.bz included in your instructions is only for dialing and does not
affect E-mail.
- CHANGE the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) to read: go.281.com as shown
in above picture.
- Left Click the "More Settings..." button at the bottom right of the above
picture. You will now see:
- Left Click the Outgoing Server tab. NOTE: The Mail Account
(Support2 here) is just a name within Outlook for this E-mail account.
- Add a check in the box in front of "My server (SMTP) requires
authentication". Leave dot in front of "Use same settings as my incoming
mail server" as shown above. See below "My server requires
authentications" instructions to setup go.281.com on your NON-@281.com E-mail
address to send mail through your 281 Communications dialup account from a
NON-@281.com E-mail address.
- Left Click the Advanced tab. You will now see:
- Slide the "Server Timeouts" bar to the Right so that the time reads "10
minutes" as shown above.
- Left Click OK button
- Repeat steps 6 through 13 for all other 281.com accounts listed in the
Internet Accounts windows (second picture above). See "My server
requires authentication" instructions below for using go.281.com to send
E-mail with your E-mail account @anotherISP or @corporate for your business.
"My server requires
authentication" instructions
Using go.281.com with another
E-mail address NOT
@281.com
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If this is an @anythingbut281.com address and you would like
to send E-mail from this address using the go.281.com Outgoing mail (SMTP)
server through your 281 dialup account, you must have an active @281.com
E-mail address, and you will change these settings to look like above.
NOTE: For this example above, the Account name support is
the "username" for the E-mail address S U P P O R T 2@ 2 8 1 . C O M
NOTE: The asterisks in Password are your password for your
@281.com E-mail with "username" used in Account name.
By Tim Moczygemba, Moxie Services Inc.
Copyright © 2004 281 Communications Inc. All rights reserved.
Revised: August 15, 2004 .