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Testing your new account – Palm TX User Manual

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CHAPTER 16

Sending and Receiving Email Messages

Testing your new account

After you finish setting up a new email account, the Inbox of the account you just created is
displayed. You can test whether the email account is set up and working properly by getting
messages
.

2

Set outgoing mail options:

a. Select any of the following:

Port Number

The default is 25,

the port number most SMTP
servers use.

Use Secure Connection (SSL)
Check the box to send outgoing
mail over a secure (Secure Sockets
Layer
,
or SSL) connection.

Use authentication (ESMTP)

Check the box if the outgoing server (SMTP)

requires ESMTP authentication. If you select this option, username and
password fields appear. These fields are already filled in based on the account
information you entered. In most cases, the information displayed is correct;
however, occasionally your authentication username and/or password is
different from your account username or password.

b. Select Done.

Done

Tip

If you need to enter new
authentication
information, enter your
username, select the
Password box, enter a
password, and then
select OK. Check with
your email service
provider for
authentication username
and password
information.