The following information is useful when setting up sending E-Mails via SMTP from a client account.
You will need the following settings:
If you do not know the SMTP Server, then you can find this information using nslookup in a windows shell.
Start nslookup.
Change to a public DNS server with the following command:
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Set the type of query to MX:
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Search for the server, by entering the domain name:
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The answer should be the DNS name of the mail server.
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The most important settings are:
| Setting | Value | |
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| E-Mail Sender | The E-Mail address of the account which should be used to send mails. | |
| E-Mail Server | Usually, the following setting should suffice:
If SMTPS or Start-TLS is not supported by the mailserver, then use the DNS name of the mailserver without the smtps: prefix. | |
| E-Mail User | Enter the name of the user used to login to the email account. | |
| E-Mail Password | Set the email account password here. |