How to set Outgoing SMTP Email Authentication

When attempting to send an email, you may see either a relay error stating, Relaying Not Allowed, or an alert box requesting you enter your password. This would be an indication you need to check Outgoing SMTP authentication on your mail client program.

Why is GCI requiring Outgoing SMTP authentication? In an effort to combat Unsolicited Commercial Email (also known as SPAM), GCI is requiring all email accounts to authenticate with our outgoing mail server.

Customers who have established their email accounts with GCI, in the last six months, should already have this setting checked. If you are not sure if your account is properly setup, or need to check Outgoing SMTP Authentication to your email account, follow the steps below for your email client program.

Any device sending mail through GCI email servers will also need to enable the Outgoing SMTP Authentication. This includes cell phones, smart phones, and PDA devices.

1. Open Outlook Express
2. Click on Tools
3. Click on Accounts
4. Click on the Mail tab
5. Ensure your mail account is highlighted and click on Properties
   • Click on Servers tab
   • Under the Outgoing Mail Server section, ensure there is a check in the box next to My server requires authentication. If there is no check there, click on the box and it will apply the check.
6. Click OK
7. Click Close
8. Close and restart your Outlook Express program.

1. Open the Mac OS-X desktop
2. After clicking on the Mail icon
3. Click on the menu marked Mail
4. Go to Preferences
5. Go to Accounts
6. In Accounts you can adjust mail settings.
• To adjust Outgoing mail servers click on the Server Settings button under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP).
7. These are the Outgoing Mail Server settings.
• Make sure “Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)” is unchecked.
• To change Mail so that it does require outgoing server authentication,
• Set the “Authentication” field to “Password”
8. Enter your User Name, and Password. The program may not pull the username and password into these fields, so ensure the correct information is entered.
9. Saving changes: Click Okay in the Outgoing Mail Server window
10. Then close the window by clicking on the red close button
11. You should be returned to the normal mail window
12. All your changes should be saved; and your computer will be set to outgoing mail authentication.

1. Open Outlook 2002/ 2003
2. Click on Tools
3. Click on Email Accounts
4. Ensure View or change existing email accounts is checked
5. Click Next
6. Highlight your email account, in this example, it is mail.gci.net,
7. Click Change
8. Click on More Settings button
9. Click on Outgoing Server tab
10. Ensure the box next to the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication is checked.
    • If it is not checked, then click in the box to cause a check to appear.
11. Click OK
12. Click Next,
13. Repeat the above steps if you have more than one email account, or
14. Click finish

1. Open Program
2. Click on Tools
3. Click on Account Settings
4. Click on Outgoing Server SMTP
5. Highlight the email account
6. Click on Edit
7. Under the Security and Authentication section,
   • Ensure the check box next to Use name and password is checked
     • If it is not check, click on the box next to Use
     • Enter your Username in the text box next to user name
8. Click OK

1. Open Browser
2. Open Mail Program
3. One way to open the mail program is by clicking Windows, then on the Mail & Newsgroups
4. Click on View settings for this account
5. Click on Outgoing Server (SMTP)
6. Ensure the box next to the Use name and password is checked.

• If the box is not checked, click in the box to place a check in the box.
• Enter the username for the email address. (Note: Normally the username is the same as the part of the email address before the @ symbol.)

1. Click OK

1. Open Outlook 2000

2. Click on Tools

3. Click on Accounts

4. If needed click on the Mail tab

5. Highlight the email address and click on the Properties button

6. Click on the Servers tab

7. Ensure your screen reflects the following information

• Under Server Information
  • Incoming mail (POP3): mail.gci.net
  • Outgoing mail (SMTP): smtp.gci.net
• Incoming Mail Server
  • Account Name: Your GCI username
  • Password: Check this box so you do not have to enter the password
  • No check mark next to Log on using Secure Password Authentication
• Outgoing mail Server
  • Ensure there is a check mark next to My Server requires authentication.
  • If there is no check mark, click on the white box and a check mark will appear

9. Click OK

Your email address is now set to SMTP authentication.

1. Open Windows mail
2. - Click on Start button
   • Click on Windows Mail
3. Click on Tools
4. Click on Accounts
5. Highlight the email account, it may be the default, or labeled gci.net
6. Click on Properties
7. Click on Servers tab
   • Ensure the Incoming mail (POP3): has mail.gci.net
   • Ensure the Outgoing mail (SMTP): has smtp.gci.net
8. Ensure the box next to the My server requires authentication is checked.
9. Click on Settings
10. Ensure the button is marked for Use same settings as my incoming server.
11. Click OK
12. Click OK
13. Click Close
    

1. Click on the Entourage Menu.
2. Select Account Settings.
3. Under the Mail tab, select your email account.
4. Click the Edit button
5. On the account settings tab, locate the Sending Mail Section at the bottom.
6. Click the button Click here for advanced sending options
7. Check SMTP server requires Authentication
8. Leave the setting at Use same setting as receiving mail server.

Instructions for setting SMTP authorization may be found on the Eudora Tech support site for both Windows and Macintosh.

Please go to http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/tutorials/, or click here to view that site. Scroll down to and then click the item labeled SMTP Relay under either the Windows Eudora or the Macintosh Eudora column, based on your operating system.

1. Open Outlook Express

1. Click on Tools

1. Click on Accounts

1. Click on Mail tab

1. Ensure your mail account is highlighted and click on Properties

• Click on Servers tab

• Under the Outgoing Mail Server section, ensure there is a check in the box next to My server requires authentication. If there is no check box, click on the box and it will apply the check.

Click OK

Click Close

Close and restart your Outlook Express program.

1. Open the Mac OS-X desktop


2. Click on the Mail icon
3. Click on the menu marked Mail


4. Go to Preferences


5. Go to Accounts


6. In Accounts you can adjust mail settings.
• To adjust Outgoing mail servers click on the Server Settings button under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP).


7. These are the Outgoing Mail Server settings.
• Make sure “Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)” is unchecked.
• To change Mail so that it does require outgoing server authentication,
• Set the “Authentication” field to “Password”


8. Enter your User Name, and Password. The program may not pull the username and password into these fields, so ensure the correct information is entered.
9. Saving changes: Click Okay in the Outgoing Mail Server window


10. Then close the window by clicking on the red close button


11. You should be returned to the normal mail window
12. All your changes should be saved; and your computer will be set to outgoing mail authentication.

1. Open Outlook 2002/ 2003


2. Click on Tools


3. Click on Email Accounts


4. Ensure View or change existing email accounts is checked


5. Click Next
6. Highlight your email account, in this example, it is mail.gci.net,


7. Click Change


8. Click on More Settings button


9. Click on Outgoing Server tab


10. Ensure the box next to the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication is checked.
    • If it is not checked, then click in the box to cause a check to appear.



With the box checked



11. Click OK
12. Click Next,
13. Repeat the above steps if you have more than one email account, or
14. Click finish

1. Open Program
2. Click on Tools


3. Click on Account Settings


4. Click on Outgoing Server SMTP


5. Highlight the email account


6. Click on Edit


7. Under the Security and Authentication section,
   • Ensure the check box next to Use name and password is checked
     • If it is not check, click on the box next to Use
     • Enter your Username in the text box next to user name
     
     
8. Click OK

1. Open Browser

1. Open Mail Program

• One way to open the mail program is by clicking Windows,

• Then on the Mail & Newsgroups

1. Click on View settings for this account

1. Click on Outgoing Server (SMTP)

1. Ensure the box next to the Use name and password is checked.

• If the box is not checked, click in the box to place a check in the box.

• Enter the username for the email address. (Note: Normally the username is the same as the part of the email address before the @ symbol.)

1. Click OK

1. Open Outlook 2000

2. Click on Tools

3. Click on Accounts

4. If needed click on the Mail tab

5. Highlight the email address and click on the Properties button

6. Click on the Servers tab

7. Ensure your screen reflects the following information

• Under Server Information
  • Incoming mail (POP3): mail.gci.net
  • Outgoing mail (SMTP): smtp:gci.net
• Incoming Mail Server
  • Account Name: Your GCI username
  • Password: Check this box so you do not have to enter the password
  • No check mark next to Log on using Secure Password Authentication
• Outgoing mail Server
  • Ensure there is a check mark next to My Server requires authentication.
  • If there is no check mark, click on the white box and a check mark will appear

8. Click OK

Your email address is now set to SMTP authentication.

1. Open Windows mail

- Click on Start button



- Click on Windows Mail

2. Click on Tools

3. Click on Accounts

4. Highlight the email account, it may be the default, or labeled gci.net

5. Click on Properties

6. Click on Servers tab

- Ensure the Incoming mail (POP3): has mail.gci.net

- Ensure the Outgoing mail (SMTP): has smpt.gci.net

7. Ensure the box next to the My server requires authentication is checked

8. Click on Settings

9. Ensure the button is marked for Use same settings as my incoming server.

10 Click OK

11. Click OK

12. Click Close