E-MAIL SETUP
Please click on the appropriate link below for instructions on setting up E-mail. If you do not know which mail server your account is on, please click here for additional information.
LogicalSolutions.net is requiring that you use SMTP authentication for all out going emails. This is to try and cut down the spam on the servers.
What is SMTP AUTH?
SMTP is the acronym for "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", which is the standard that defines how email is sent (RFCs 821 & 822)
AUTH is short for "Authentication", as in usernames & passwords.
In practice, SMTP AUTH means that email users must be authenticated in order to send mail, and is a recently adopted feature of mail servers in response to the plethora of spam sent through so-called "Open Relays", that users are more accustomed to.
How does SMTP AUTH affect me?
Many email providers now refuse to connect to other email servers that are open relays (Despite the fact the "relay" may have never been used to send spam... guilty until proven innocent), so we need to close the relay in order to continue to deliver email in a timely and reliable manner. By closing the relay, you are prevented from sending email through our server, until you are authenticated.
We've configured our server to only send email via SMTP AUTH, so now you have to configure your email client to send your username and password whenever you need to send email. Most email clients now support this, although several do not (particularly "Claris Emailer").
If you want more information or want to know how to set this up please follow the link.
http://www.logicalsolutions.net/Support/Mail/smtpauth.asp