This document explains how to enable SMTP Authentication for the
Macintosh OS X MAIL email client.
Enabling SMTP authentication
- Open MAIL.
- From the MAIL menu, select Preferences. Select the Accounts
icon and click on your email account under the Description
heading. Click on the Edit button on the right.
The Account Information appears.
- In the Outgoing Mail Server section, click on the double arrows
and select Add Server.. from the menu. The SMTP Server
Options box appears.
- In the Outgoing Mail Server box, enter send.olympus.net
- In the Authentication box, click on the double arrows
and select MD5 Challenge-Response.
- In the User Name box, enter your email address.
In the Password box, enter your password for this email
address.
- Click OK to return to the Account information page. In
Outgoing Mail Server section, click on the double arrows and
select send.olympus.net . Note that it will have your
email address listed.
- The Outgoing Mail Server entry should now show send.olympus.net
followed by your email address.
- Click OK to close and then close the Accounts box by
clicking the red button. SMTP authentication has been enabled.
For the complete Mac OS X Mail setup, please refer to Setting
Up Mac OS X Mail Using POP or IMAP.
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