Mail Options
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The Mail tab lets you specify outgoing notification e-mail message options.
Choose File > Options > General > Mail.
The table below describes the options and functionality on the Mail tab:
Option | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
Send messages through installed MAPI clients |
Enables messaging using a MAPI client such as Microsoft Outlook. |
Unelected |
Send messages through SMTP |
Enables SMTP messaging and makes the other controls on this tab available. |
Selected |
Name |
Name that appear as the e-mail sender. |
Name you specified during installation. |
E-mail Address |
Address to send e-mails. |
E-mail address you specified during installation. |
Authentication |
Lets you specify authentication options. |
None |
User Name |
User name for authentication. |
Not available |
Password |
Password for authentication. |
Not available |
Host Name |
SMTP server for outgoing messages. For Microsoft Outlook, select Tools, and then Accounts. On the Mail tab, select target account, and then click Properties. On Servers tab, copy the Outgoing Mail(SMPT) and paste. |
Host Name you specified during installation. |
Port Number |
Port number you connect to on your outgoing SMTP server. |
25 |
Test |
Opens an SMTP Configuration Test e-mail addressed to your e-mail address. Click Send Mail to send the e-mail. |
Available |
Bind to |
Your IP address the message is bound to. |
ANY_IP_ADDRESS |
Encoding |
E-mail encoding. |
Western Europe (ISO) |
Send messages Mime encoded |
Messages encoded using Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) support enriched content and attachments. |
Selected |
Send all messages as HTML |
Messages include text formatting. |
Selected |
Auto Connect to the Internet |
An internet connection is established at launch. |
Selected |