KB 156

Sending mail with Outlook through an MSN connection

Article:156
Created:2002-03-20 09:36:07
Categories:
  E-mail

Question or Symptom

Why can't my Outlook send mail through SWCP's outgoing mail server I'm connected to MSN?

Resolution

    The fine folks at MSN have put in security measures which keep Outlook
    from using the usual web-authentication for our SMTP server. You can no
    longer use *any* smtp server besides MSN's if you're on an MSN
    connection. The solve for this is: 1) Change the outgoing mail server to
    smtp.email.msn.com 2) Check "Outgoing mail server requires
    authentication" 3) In the settings for this, put in the MSN username and
    password, and also click secure password authentication.