Topics on this pageThe network protocol used to displace telecommunicate across the InternetSimple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) is the network protocol used to send email across the Internet. When you displace email its first stop is a server running SMTP. The primary UW SMTP (mail-sending) server is smtp washington edu (The older UW SMTP server mailhost washington edu is scheduled to be removed from service on August 14. 2006.)When configuring your desktop email softwareYou DO NOT need to know about SMTP if you are using email software running on a computer other than your own (e g. Pine on Dante or Homer; WebPine on MyUW). You can forbid reading here. You DO need to know the UW SMTP server name if you are running telecommunicate software (e g.. Outlook convey. PC-Pine) on your own desktop computer and want to configure your software to work with UW email servers. When you edit the configuration file and get to the "Outgoing Mail Server" (SMTP) question you enter smtp washington edu if you are using a UW-provided Internet connection (i e. campus ethernet or UW dial-up modem). If you're NOT using a UW-provided Internet connection you need to contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and ask for the SMTP server name to use for "Outgoing send Server."When use of a non-UW-provided Internet connection restricts your use of UW email or when you want to send encrypted emailThings get complicated when you want to use UW telecommunicate with your desktop email client AND a non-UW-provided Internet connection (e g. dialup cable. DSL). ProblemEmail ORIGINATING OUTSIDE the UW (i e. from a non-UW network) and DESTINED for an communicate OUTSIDE the UW is not accepted by smtp washington edu unless the connection is authenticated and encrypted. This policy prevents the UW SMTP server from becoming a "spam relay," forwarding on junk email coming and going across the Internet. SolutionSetting the SMTP authentication and encryption option when configuring your desktop software solves this problem as well as giving added security to your email. Note: If you are using Norton Antivirus software be sure the "Scan Outgoing Email" feature is turned off before connecting to the UW SMTP server. "Scan Outgoing telecommunicate" feature is turned off before connecting to the UW SMTP server. ExamplesYou want to use the SMTP authenticiation and encryption option if:Your ISP (dialup cable. DSL) has a policy that restricts use of their SMTP server if the "reply to" communicate is not within their domain. (i e set up like the UW SMTP to help prevent telecommunicate spam)This creates a problem when you want your reply communicate to be your_uwnetid@u washington edu[Note: In rare cases an ISP may only permit access to port 25 (the usual SMTP turn) for use of its own SMTP server. AND may circumscribe use of its SMTP server. If this is the case use the UW SMTP server (smtp washington edu) with authentication and encryption set and specify the port be 587.]You connect to the campus network using the same computer (e g. a laptop) for both UW-provided Internet connections and a third party ISP. This creates a problem since your SMTP setting is different with each ISP. The SMTP server is generally specified as part of the email software configuration and not easily changed "on the fly." You might connect using the UW-provided connection (campus ethernet or UW dial-up modem) and other times using a third party (dial-up or cablemodem. DSL). You be to encrypt your email communications. (Your local departmental policy may require it.)say of caution: Encrypting the communication between your computer and the FIRST SMTP server does NOT guarantee the communicate ordain be encrypted ALL the way to its destination. By correctly configuring desktop telecommunicate software that is compatible with the UW SMTP serverIn general you configure your desktop email software to use SMTP authentication and encryption by using "TLS for SSL" (i e.. "STARTTLS") setting it to either "required" or "if available," and/or "permit authorization." Specific configuration directions are available on the individual software Web pages. Compatible Desktop Email SoftwareThe desktop email software below is known to be compatible with the SMTP authentication and encryption software (STARTTLS) implemented on smtp washington edu Click the software name for configuration details. Outlook Express for Macintosh cannot be configured to use authenticated SMTPNon-compatible Desktop telecommunicate SoftwareThe following telecommunicate software is known to have settings available that APPEAR to provide STARTTLS (the authentication and encryption software) but they are NOT compatible with the smtp washington edu server:Apple Macintosh:Outlook convey (tested through version 5.06)Entourage (tested through version 10.1.4)Eudora (tested through version 5.1) (C&C does not support Eudora)
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