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How do I turn on SMTP authentication?
How to configure SMTP authentication
- Right-click on the context menu of your e-mail account and click on “Settings”
- Navigate to “Outgoing server (SMTP)” select your mail server and click “Edit”
- Activate the option “Use username and password” and enter your e-mail address.
- Confirm the settings with “OK”
What is SMTP email authentication?
SMTP Authentication is the mechanism by which the clients of an ISP identify themselves to the mail server through which they intend to send email. It is not possible for any person to send email via any mail server they choose; mail servers will only allow the sending of email by legitimate users.
How do I find SMTP server settings?
Click the “Servers” tab at the top of the Account Properties window. The fields under the “Outgoing SMTP Server” heading contain your SMTP server settings.
What does it mean when SMTP says authentication failed?
“SMTP Error (535): Authentication failed ” error is usually related to the bad user email settings in Microsoft Outlook. That’s why, Email client configuration always need special attention.
Do you need Auth to use SMTP in outlook?
SMTP AUTH supports modern authentication (Modern Auth). Virtually all modern email clients that connect to Exchange Online mailboxes in Office 365 or Microsoft 365 (for example, Outlook, Outlook on the web, iOS Mail, Outlook for iOS and Android, etc.) don’t use SMTP AUTH to send email messages.
How to enable or disable SMTP AUTH on specific mailboxes?
Use the Microsoft 365 admin center to enable or disable SMTP AUTH on specific mailboxes Open the Microsoft 365 admin center and go to Users > Active users. Select the user, and in the flyout that appears, click Mail. In the Email apps section, click Manage email apps.
Why do I get error 535 on my SMTP account?
When the username and password entered in the Email client are incorrect, it ends up in Error 535. Again, using the wrong the mail server can also cause authentication failures. Usually, such mismatch in email login and password will be recorded in the mail server logs. This helps greatly in finding the exact email account with problems.