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Using the SMTP Accounts pane in preferences

Use the SMTP Accounts pane of Direct Mail preferences to add and configure settings for SMTP servers you want to send mail through.

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Name

Type the sender's name. This will appear in the "From" header in outgoing emails.

Email Address

Type the sender's email address. This will appear in the "From" header in outgoing emails.

SMTP Server

Type the address of the SMTP server.

Port

Type the port of the SMTP server. The default is 25 or 465 (for use with SSL).

Use SSL

Click this checkbox if your SMTP server supports SSL connections.

Server requires authentication

Click this checkbox if your SMTP server requires users to authenticate (i.e. requires a user name and password).

Type

Choose the type of authentication your server supports. The most common is "Password".

User

Type your user name.

Password

Type your corresponding password.

Test Connection

Click this button to open the Connection Doctor. Connection Doctor helps you diagnose problems connecting to your SMTP server.

Send no more than X messages at a time to SMTP server

When this checkbox is selected, Direct Mail throttles the number of messages sent through the SMTP server. During delivery, Direct Mail will connect, send the indicated number emails, disconnect, then connect again and continue sending. This process is repeated until all the emails have been sent to the SMTP server.

Wait in between connections X minutes

When this checkbox is selected, Direct Mail will wait for the specified amount of time in between connect-send-disconnect cycles.

If disconnected, automatically try to reconnect X times

When this checkbox is selected, if Direct Mail gets disconnected in the middle of a delivery, it will automatically try to reconnect to the SMTP server the specified number of times before giving up.