- How to create and manage outgoing mail servers
- An outgoing mail server is what the program uses to send e-mail messages. If you don’t have at least one server set up, you won’t be able to send any messages.
- Go to Mail.
- Click Preferences.
- If you don’t see this screen, make sure the Accounts tab is selected.
- You can select a different Outgoing Mail Server for each mail account.
- Click this last option to edit your SMTP servers.
- The top pane shows a list of all the outgoing servers that have been set up, while the bottom displays information about the selected server.
- Click Advanced.
- This tab allows you to set custom ports, use SSL and choose the authentication type (if any).
- To delete the selected server, click this minus icon.
- Note that deleting a server from the list is permanent and can’t be undone.
- Now let’s see how to add the server we just deleted.
- Click the plus icon.
- Type a short description for the new server.
- Now enter the server name.
- Go to Advanced.
- Choose the authentication method if you would like to use it.
- Enter the username and password in these boxes.
- Click OK.
- Now that our outgoing server has been added, we can set this mail account to use it.
- Select the new server from this list.
- That’s it! You now know how to create and manage outgoing mail servers.