SMTP Server

The host name of your mail server.

SMTP Server Port

The port where your mail server is listening. This value usually depends on the security setting chosen below. The default value is 25 for no security.

Sender Address

The From address field of the mails generated by the application.

User Name

A user name needed to authenticate against the SMTP server. This field is only present if SMTP or POP authentication is selected in the Authentication field below.

Password

A password needed to authenticate against the SMTP server. This field is only present if SMTP or POP authentication is selected in the Authentication field below.

Authentication

Some mail servers require users to authenticate themselves before they allow them to send mails to prevent or identify spammers. This option chooses whether a no authentication is required, or a username / password combination via SMTP or POP is used. If one of the latter two is selected the above two fields are shown in the user interface.

Security

This setting defines the transport layer security used to access the SMTP mail server. Each transport security setting may require a different port value above. The options are None (Port 25), Secure Socket Layer / SSL (Port 465) or Transport Layer Security / TLS aka STARTTLS (Port 25). Your local port settings may vary from the given defaults.

Send Test Mail

With this link you may trigger sending a test mail to verify that your mail server settings are valid. Therefore it is required that your user account contains a valid mail address.