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SMTP Authentication for Home500

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Outlook Express 
Turnpike 
MacOS10.1 Mail
MacOS10.2 Mail 
MacOS10.3 Mail
 

Outlook Express

Step 1: Open Outlook Express and select the Tools menu then choose accounts .

Step 2: On the mail tab select your account from the list and press the properties button.

Step 3: Click on the Servers tab

Step 4: Tick the box marked: My server requires authentication

Step 5: Press the Settings … button…

 

Step 6: On the outgoing mail server window click on the Log on using option.

Step 7: Enter your Demon hostname and password in the active fields.

Step 8. Press OK .

Step 9: Press Ok once more and then Close to get back to the main Outlook Express window.

Step 10: Outlook express should now send messages using the new details for your outbound server.

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MacOS10.1 Mail

Step 1: Open the Mac mail application (usually shown as a stamp icon in the dock).

Step 2: On the menu bar click on the Mail option (next to Apple) and select Preferences . This will open a pop-up window similar to the one below…

Step 3: Highlight the account, and click on the Edit button.

Step 4: Tick the box labelled Use authentication when sending mail .

Step 5: Enter your Demon hostname and login password in the active fields.

Step 6: Click OK .

Step 7: Close the mail preferences window to return to the main Mail program.

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MacOS10.2 Mail

Step 1: Open the Mac mail application (usually shown as a stamp icon in the dock).

Step 2: On the menu bar click on the Mail option (next to Apple) and select Preferences. This will open a pop-up window in the same way as it does in OS10.1 (see previous page).

Step 3: Highlight the account and click on the Edit button.

Step 4: Click on the Options button at the bottom of the page.

Step 5: A pop-up window will appear as shown below. Click on the box entitled Authentication None.

Step 6: From the drop-down-list, choose Password.

Step 7: Enter your Demon hostname and login password in the active fields as shown below.

Step 8: Press OK.

Step 9: Press OK again, then close the Mail preferences window.

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MacOS10.3 Mail

Step 1: Open the Mac mail application (usually shown as a stamp icon in the dock).

Step 2: On the menu bar click on the Mail option (next to Apple) and select Preferences.

Step 3: Choose the Accounts button.

Step 4: Select your account from the left hand menu.

Step 5: At the bottom of the window on the right, click on the Server Settings button.

Step 5: A pop-up window will appear as shown below. Click on the box entitled Authentication None.

Step 6: From the drop-down-list, select Password.

Step 7: Enter your Demon hostname and login password in the active fields as shown below.

Step 8: Press OK.

Step 9: Finally, close the Accounts window to return to the main Mail program.


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Turnpike

Step 1: From the Turnpike Connect program or from the main Turnpike window (offline program) click on the Configure menu and select the Email transfer option.

Step 2: Double-check that the mail gateway is set to post.demon.co.uk and then press the Password button.



Step 3: In this new Password Authentication window tick the box marked log on using…

Step 4: Enter your hostname and connection password in the fields provided.



Step 5: Click the OK button.

Step 6: Press OK once more and Turnpike is correctly configured to send email via Demon Home 500.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

These guides have been provided purely to assist you and are intended for use in conjunction with your computer and any relevant software. These guides are available for use at the user's own risk and Demon accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss you may incur from usage of these guides. You expressly accept this by following the guides.

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