Send email from any connection - Microsoft Outlook 2010
How to enable SMTP Authentication on Microsoft Outlook 2010.
If you use Outlook 2010 on a laptop, you may have noticed that you can't send emails when connected to a different network (e.g. when on holiday or at a friend's house). This happens because our servers only allow Plusnet customers to use them. If you're connected to a different network, the server can't tell you're a customer. We'll show you how to fix this problem by switching on SMTP authentication.
- We do not recommend using public Wi-Fi hotpots to check or send email. Find out more in our Guide to staying safe online
- This service is not available to customers with a free dial-up account
- If you have multiple email accounts set up, you'll need to follow these instructions for each one
- In Outlook 2010, go to the File tab, make sure Info is selected from the left menu and select Account Settings.
- Select the email account you want to check or edit from the list and click Change...
- Click More Settings...
- Select the Outgoing Server tab and tick My Outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. This will allow you to select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Finally, click Next to finish editing your settings.
That's all you need to do! From now on you'll be able to send email from any network you connect your computer to.
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