Email Setup Guide - Outlook 2000 for the PC - Secure SMTP
Last modified: October 13 2005 11:39 am
This guide assumes your email account is already setup and working in Outlook 2000 (Internet mode). If you need assistance to setup a new account please click here for the POP3 and IMAP setup guides.

If you're using Norton Anti-Virus 2002/2003 please disable outgoing mail scanning before completing this guide.

To begin open Outlook 2000

1)Click the 'Tools' menu.
2)Select 'Accounts'. (If you see 'Services' Outlook 2000 is running in Corporate Mode and you will not be able to continue with this guide.)

3)Select your mail account.
4)Click the [Properities] button.

5)Select the 'Servers' tab.
6)Tick the check box next to 'My server requires authenication'.
7)Click the [Settings] button. (Another dialog box will appear as shown above).
8)Ensure there is a dot next to 'Use the same settings as my incoming mail server' (this should be selected by default).
9)Click the [OK] button.

10)Select the 'Advanced' tab.
11)Tick the box next to 'This servers requires a secure connection'. Replace default outgoing mail port 25 with port 465.
12)Click the [OK] button and click [Close] on the Internet Accounts dialog box.
 
Your account in Outlook 2000 is now configured to use Secure SSL.