Step 1
Select ‘Accounts…’ from the Tools Menu of Outlook Express.
Step 2
Select your mail account and click Properties.
Step 3
Enter your email address into the E-mail address field.
Step 4
Change the Outgoing mail (SMTP) setting to mail.smtp2go.com.
Make sure that the setting ‘My server requires authentication’ is enabled, then click ‘Settings…’
Important: do not change your Incoming mail server setting.
Step 5
Select Log on using, then enter your SMTP Username into Account name, and your SMTP Password into Password.
Make sure that Remember password is enabled and Log on using Secure Password Authentication is disabled.
Click ‘OK’.
Step 6
Click the ‘Advanced’ tab.
Change your Outgoing mail (SMTP) Port Number to 485. You can also try using Port Number 8465.
Make sure that the setting ‘This server requires a secure connection’ is enabled.
If you are unable to use a secure connection, disable ‘This server requires a secure connection’ and try Port Number 2525, 25, 8025 or 587.
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