SETTING UP MICROSOFT OUTLOOK SMTP/OUTGOING MAIL

SMTP Authentication for outgoing email:
If you wish to use Acme's mail server 'imail.acmeinfo.com' as your outgoing SMTP server, you either need a dedicated IP address that we can grant access to, or a newer e-mail client that supports SMTP AUTH.

You would then check the option "My server requires authentication."  This configuration sends your username and encrypted password to our mail server before allowing you to send outgoing mail.  This provides for the tighter mail server security.  See the example settings below:

Click on the Settings button to display the following screen.
Select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server."

Important Note: IF YOU WISH TO USE ACME INTERNET'S OUTGOING MAIL SERVER AND WANT SMTP AUTHENTICATION TO WORK CORRECTLY, it is *highly recommended* that you have only mailboxes that reside on Acme Internet's servers configured in your Outlook software.  The presence of multiple mailboxes from different ISP's can interfere with the authentication process.

We have successfully tested SMTP AUTH with Netscape 4.05+, Outlook Express, Outlook '98/2000/XP/2003.  Sorry, it is not supported in older e-mail programs such as Eudora 3.0 and Netscape 3.0.  If you are not using a supported e-mail client, or if you are having difficulty configuring SMTP Authentication, you still have the less complicated options of using your dial-up ISP's SMTP server or our new web-messaging service for relaying outgoing mail.