It appears many Mail users are having authentication problems in which they are prompted for the username and password every time a message is sent (either manually ...

I work for an ISP and occasionally deal with customers who swear up and down that they need *our* outgoing email server to make email that we do not host or provide work. Example: Customer has ...

Email: It's been around for decades, and people are still confused about how it works--and for good reason. Setting up and troubleshooting an email account can be an irritating venture. Recently, we ...

With many types of business email accounts, your computer connects to a machine called the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server when you send messages. If you have difficulty sending messages, there ...

I have client that switched to using google to host their domain.com web site and email. they told me google will not provide a "outgoing" mail server so they have to do that themselves. They are ...

Outgoing mail for Microsoft email programs is automatically routed through the Microsoft Exchange Server. It is possible to change this server to something else and to stop outgoing email from using ...

For years, POP (Post Office Protocol) email has been a thorn in my side. Apple's email service uses the IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) protocol for email, as do many other email services.