Setting Up SMTP Authentication for Outlook 2007 

 

 

1. Open Outlook 2007.  Choose ‘Account Settings…’ from the ‘Tools’ dropdown menu item at the top of the program window.

 

 

 

 

2. From the Email tab be sure the ‘MInet’ email account is selected then hit the 'Change' button at the top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Click the ‘More Settings’ button located at the bottom right corner of the window.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Select the “Outgoing Server” tab and put a check in the box labeled “Outgoing Server (SMTP) requires Authentication.…” Put a dot next to "Log on Using" and fill in your complete MINet email address as the user name, then your password.

 

 

 

5. Click on the 'Advanced' tab. Beside 'Outgoing Server (SMTP) enter '465'. In the dropdown beside this labeled "Use the following type of encrypted connection" choose SSL. Click the OK button at the bottom.  

 

 

 

 

At this point you will be taken back to the “Change Email Account” dialog box.  In order to verify that the changes we have made are successful we need to test the account.  Click the “Test Account Settings…” button located near the middle of the window.

 

 

When testing the smtp authentication settings you will get a Security Warning Message asking you to verify the security certificate of the mail server. Click 'Yes' to continue.

 

If the changes we have made are successful, you will see a successful message, with the status of all tasks as “Completed”.  If you do not have any other Minet email accounts to apply the SMTP authentication changes to, you have finished.  Click the “Close” button then close out of all other Outlook windows until you are back at your Windows desktop.  You can now re-open Outlook and use your email account as normal. 

 

If you do have other Minet email accounts to apply the SMTP authorization settings to, click the “Close” button, then close out of all Outlook windows until you are back at your Windows desktop.  Re-open Outlook and go back through the SMTP authorization instructions, applying the changes to all other mail.minetfiber.com email accounts listed in your “E-mail accounts” window.

 

 

 

 

If the changes you have made were not successful you will get a message similar to the one above stating that Outlook could not connect to the mail server.  There are a couple possible reasons this may have happened. 

1. No internet connection.  Check to make sure that your internet is working, you are able to browse to various websites, you have not lost connection, etc.
2. Your user name and/or password were entered into the SMTP authentication window incorrectly.

 

At this point you will want to select the “Close” button, which will take you back to the “Change Account Settings” dialog box.  Select the “More Settings” button to get back into the SMTP authentication window and verify that your entire e-mail address is entered correctly, including the “@minetfiber.com” suffix.  Delete your password and re-type (note that passwords are case sensitive).  Click “OK” and try the “Test Account Settings” button again.  If you are still getting errors you will need to contact Minet for additional assistance.

Please Note : You will receive a notification regarding a Security Certificate when sending your email after setting up SMTP Authentication. Simply choose to accept the Security Certificate.

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