Important Points
- These instructions assume your email account has already been setup and is collecting email correctly.
- Take a note of any settings you change.
- Only change the items specified - you should not need to change either your email address, POP3 server, POP3 username / password.
- These instructions are only for Microsoft Outlook 2007 - for other email programs please see How To Setup inboxFX SMTP Server or contact us.
- We have instructions for alternate port which is generally used if your ISP blocks the normal port 25 SMTP access (as most ISPs do these days!).
Step One
- Load Microsoft Outlook 2007
- From the main screen open the the 'Tools' menu and then select 'Account Settings...'
Step Two
- Click on the email account to modify - this will cause it to become highlighted
- Click on the 'Change...' button
Step Three
- Change the 'Outgoing mail server (SMTP)' to the SMTP server we supplied with your signup email
- Click the 'More Settings...' button
Step Four
- Click the 'Outgoing Server' tab
- Tick 'My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication'
- Select 'Log on using'
- Enter the InboxFX SMTP username and password we supplied
- IMPORTANT: 'ibfxusername' is an example - if if your inboxFX SMTP username was 'srfc1234' enter it as that and *not* as 'ibfxusername'
- Tick the 'Remember password' option
Step Five
- Click on the 'Advanced. tab
- Change the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP)' port number to the alternate port (port 2525 is recommended)
- 'Ok' button
Step Six
- Click "Ok"
You should now be back to the main Outlook 2007 screen
Close Outlook 2007 and then reload
Check you are online then test to ensure you can send mail correctly
All done!