SMTP Mail Authentication for Home Broadband customers

Outlook Express
Turnpike
MacOS10.1 Mail
MacOS10.2 Mail
MacOS10.3 Mail

Outlook Express

Step 1: Open Outlook Express and select the Tools menu then choose accounts .
Step 2: On the mail tab select your account from the list and press the properties button.
Step 3: Click on the Servers tab
Step 4: Tick the box marked: My server requires authentication
Step 5: Press the Settings … button…

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Step 6: On the outgoing mail server window click on the Log on using option.
Step 7: Enter your Demon hostname and password in the active fields.
Step 8. Press OK .

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Step 9: Press Ok once more and then Close to get back to the main Outlook Express window.
Step 10: Outlook express should now send messages using the new details for your outbound server.
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MacOS10.1 Mail

Step 1: Open the Mac mail application (usually shown as a stamp icon in the dock).
Step 2: On the menu bar click on the Mail option (next to Apple) and select Preferences . This will open a pop-up window similar to the one below…
Step 3: Highlight the account, and click on the Edit button.

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Step 4: Tick the box labelled Use authentication when sending mail .
Step 5: Enter your Demon hostname and login password in the active fields.
Step 6: Click OK .

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Step 7: Close the mail preferences window to return to the main Mail program.
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MacOS10.2 Mail

Step 1: Open the Mac mail application (usually shown as a stamp icon in the dock).
Step 2: On the menu bar click on the Mail option (next to Apple) and select Preferences. This will open a pop-up window in the same way as it does in OS10.1 (see previous page).
Step 3: Highlight the account and click on the Edit button.
Step 4: Click on the Options button at the bottom of the page.

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Step 5: A pop-up window will appear as shown below. Click on the box entitled Authentication None.

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Step 6: From the drop-down-list, choose Password.

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Step 7: Enter your Demon hostname and login password in the active fields as shown below.
Step 8: Press OK.
Step 9: Press OK again, then close the Mail preferences window.

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MacOS10.3 Mail

Step 1: Open the Mac mail application (usually shown as a stamp icon in the dock).
Step 2: On the menu bar click on the Mail option (next to Apple) and select Preferences.
Step 3: Choose the Accounts button.
Step 4: Select your account from the left hand menu.
Step 5: At the bottom of the window on the right, click on the Server Settings button.

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Step 5: A pop-up window will appear as shown below. Click on the box entitled Authentication None.

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Step 6: From the drop-down-list, select Password.

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Step 7: Enter your Demon hostname and login password in the active fields as shown below.
Step 8: Press OK.
Step 9: Finally, close the Accounts window to return to the main Mail program.

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Turnpike

Step 1: From the Turnpike Connect program or from the main Turnpike window (offline program) click on the Configure menu and select the Email transfer option.
Step 2: Double-check that the mail gateway is set to post.demon.co.uk and then press the Password button.

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Step 3: In this new Password Authentication window tick the box marked log on using…
Step 4: Enter your hostname and connection password in the fields provided.

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Step 5: Click the OK button.
Step 6: Press OK once more and Turnpike is correctly configured to send email via Demon Home.

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