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==Thunderbird==
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*You're done! Feel free to close the account settings tab that had been opened in the main Thunderbird window
*You're done! Feel free to close the account settings tab that had been opened in the main Thunderbird window
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==Outlook==
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*Go to the Windows Start Menu and search for <code>Control Panel</code>. Go ahead and open it
*In the Control Panel, head to the search bar, above, and search for Mail. You should see it come up in the search results. Click on it
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*Once that opens up, you should see three options. You want to select <code>E-mail Accounts...</code>
*In the windows that opens up there, select your Computerisms hosted email account and select <code>Change...</code> in the area above
*In this window, select <code>More Settings...</code>
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*Switch to the <code>Advanced</code> tab
*Change the Port in the Outgoing server (SMTP) to <code>465</code> and <code>SSL</code> underneath that
*You're done! Outlook will likely run a quick check of the new settings when you go to exit from the various windows and you should be good to go!
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Revision as of 18:13, 20 April 2021

Thunderbird

  • Open up thunderbird and head to the right hand menu area which contains your email addresses, and right click on top of your Computerisms hosted Email Account
  • In the context menu that appears, select Settings
  • Head down to the bottom of the side menu, to the option labeled Outgoing Server (SMTP)
  • Find the item in the list named yourdomain.tld Mail - mail.yourdomain.tld and select it
  • Check the details of the selected server below:
    • If it says Port: 465 and Connection Security: SSL/TLS then congrats! You're already set up! You can skip the rest of this guide
    • If you instead see Port: 587 and Connection Security: STARTTLS we'll need to make some changes, following the steps below
  • Click on Edit... on the right hand side
  • Change the Port under the Settings header to 465 and the Connection Security down under Security and Authentication to SSL/TLS and click on OK.
  • You're done! Feel free to close the account settings tab that had been opened in the main Thunderbird window

Outlook

  • Go to the Windows Start Menu and search for Control Panel. Go ahead and open it
  • In the Control Panel, head to the search bar, above, and search for Mail. You should see it come up in the search results. Click on it
  • Once that opens up, you should see three options. You want to select E-mail Accounts...
  • In the windows that opens up there, select your Computerisms hosted email account and select Change... in the area above
  • In this window, select More Settings...
  • Switch to the Advanced tab
  • Change the Port in the Outgoing server (SMTP) to 465 and SSL underneath that
  • You're done! Outlook will likely run a quick check of the new settings when you go to exit from the various windows and you should be good to go!
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