Engineering Computing has setup AUTH SMTP and STARTTLS mechanism on its SMTP
server. The following section will explain how to connect securely using
email clients like Outlook to Engineering Computing email server.
General Configuration values for SMTP
AUTH/STARTTLS
Set your SMTP server
to mailbox.eng.usf.edu. The secure STARTTLS port is (25).
Microsoft Outlook
To configure Outlook
to use SMTP AUTH/STARTTLS:
1.
Go to the Tools
menu and choose accounts (email accounts).
2.
Click View and
change email accounts or create a new account with the name
mailbox.eng.usf.edu.
3.
Highlight your
e-mail server mailbox.eng.usf.edu and click change.
4. Click on More Settings.
5. Now click on the Out Going Server tab.
6.
Check the box
that says
My server requires authentication.
(Use
the same settings as your incoming mail server.)
7.
Select the
Advanced tab at the top of the window that appears.
8.
Under the
Outgoing mail (SMTP) port number, which should be 25, check the box (the 2nd
check box) that says
This server requires a secure connection.
9.
Click OK at the
bottom, then Next and Finish.
To configure Outlook
Express to use SMTP AUTH/STARTTLS:
1.
Go to Tools menu
and choose accounts.
2.
Click on the mail
tab on the top.
3.
Select
mailbox.eng.usf.edu account and click on properties.
4. Now click on the Server tab.
5.
Check the box
that says
My server requires authentication.
6.
Select the
Advanced tab at the top of the window that appears.
7.
Under the
Outgoing mail (SMTP) port number, which should be 25, check the box (the 1st
check box) that says
This server requires a secure connection
8.
Click OK, click Close.
Netscape
To configure
Communicator to use a secure SMTP server:
1.
Go to the Edit
menu of the Email pane Mail and Newsgroup Account Settings.
2.
You need to have
the correct SMTP server set. Make sure the server name is named
mailbox.eng.usf.edu.
3.
The port setting
may be left blank.
4.
Check the box
indicating to use name and password.
5.
Enter your
username in the text field.
6.
Under
use
secure connection select
when available if offsite, and
Never
when onsite.
7.
Click OK to save
the Preferences.
When onsite, you can
select the
Never box under
use
secure connection since we will relay mail for all local
clients. However if you wish to keep the same setting all the time, you will
simply be asked for your password one per email session. When offsite you
will need to make sure to check the "when available" since you will need to
setup a secure connection in order to send your password over the internet.
Eudora SMTP
To configure Eudora
to use SMTP AUTH/STARTTLS:
1.
Go to the Tools
menu and choose options.
2.
Make sure the
SMTP server is named mailbox.eng.usf.edu.
3.
Select the
settings;
Allow Authentication,
Immediate Send, and
Send on Check.
4.
Under
Secure
Sockets when Sending, select
If
Available, STARTTLS.
5.
Click OK.