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Setup Wizard - Set Outgoing Mail Account
Item Description
Instructions Window
Account Put the account name your ISP or network administrator has furnished you for your mail in this field [this may or may not be the email address from the Email Address field, depending on individual server configurations].  If you have your email account from your email client open [good idea as it makes this the most accurate], this is the same as the "Account ID" or "Account name" or "Logon name", etc. from the email account in your email program.
Password Enter the password for the email account.
NOTE: Password fields must be typed in!  Copy & Paste never works in a password field, anywhere, since all it ever does is copy and paste the characters you SEE in the field - not the ones you put in there originally.
Don't feel bad - This has never been painfully obvious.
Outgoing SMTP server Put the name or IP address of the server your ISP or network administrator has furnished you for outgoing mail in this field.  This is the same SMTP server used in the regular email client account you have selected to use.
SMTP Server Port Use this if the SMTP server you are using to send mail uses a different Port than the default port 25.  If the settings in your working Email account in your normal Email Client override port 25 then enter the same port number from there into this field.  The value in the field is initially set to 25 by default.
Server Timeout Use this pulldown list to set the length of time in seconds SpamX will wait for a reply from the SMTP server when sending spam reports or resending mail.  The default is set to 15 Seconds which is normally plenty of time but can be adjusted anywhere from 5 to 30 Seconds in 5 Second increments as required.  Generally, if you receive repeated timeout errors when sending out reports, you should try increasing the timeout in 5 Second increments until they stop. Reducing the timeout has no effect on report sending speed, it just means an error will be returned more quickly if there is a problem on the server side.  Higher values mean you will wait longer to find out if there is a problem with the mailserver.
Srvr Req Auth? Check this box if your outgoing mail server requires SMTP Authorization [more and more do these days].  This will also be indicated by the settings in your working Email account in your normal Email Client.
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Continue Click to continue.
Cancel Leave the Setup Wizard.  All data is discarded and the Wizard will start again automatically the next time SpamX is run.