Office Outlook mail accounts issue

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I have two mail accounts in Office Outlook. I need two input sources
(incoming mail / POP3), but I want to use only one output (sending mail /
SMTP). How can I completely disable one of the two outgoing mail services
without disabling its corresponding incoming mail?

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Al
 
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PA Bear

Outlook-specific newsgroups include:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.bcm
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_addins
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.teamfolders
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.thirdpartyutil
 
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Patrick Keenan

Computer logon password said:
I have two mail accounts in Office Outlook. I need two input sources
(incoming mail / POP3), but I want to use only one output (sending mail /
SMTP). How can I completely disable one of the two outgoing mail services
without disabling its corresponding incoming mail?

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Al

In Outlook, the default mail service will be the sending account for new
mails, though the sending server will be relative to the account used for
incoming mail.

There are good reasons to use a separate sending server for any account.

I'm looking at Outlook 2003 for this.

Go to Tools, Email Accounts, View Or Change accounts. Select the account
you want to have as the sending account, click on More Settings and note the
various details - the name of the outgoing server, the login name and
password, and on the Advanced tab, the ports used and any encyption
settings.

Now go back and select the other account. Enter the other ougtoing server
name and then choose More Settings. . On the Outgoing Server tab, select
"requires authentication" and then Log On Using, and enter the login
information. Now go to the Advanced tab and enter the correct port and
encryption information. Choose Apply and OK, and you should be fine.

There's an important thing to note with the outgoing server port, and that's
that use of Port 25 will often lead to sending problems when you change
physical location. Most ISPs prohibit mail relaying, which for a
practical example means that if your normal accounts are with an ISP using
DSL, and you go to a place serviced by a Cable provider, your outgoing mail
will be blocked. The only way around this is to not use a server on Port
25 for sending. Google mail is sometimes used as the sending server for
this. For gmail, the outgoing port is 485 and encypted connections (SSL)
are required.

HTH
-pk
 
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Guest

PA Bear said:
Outlook-specific newsgroups include:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.bcm
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_addins
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.teamfolders
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.thirdpartyutil
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Thank you for your time and very useful information.
Al
 
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Guest

Patrick Keenan said:
In Outlook, the default mail service will be the sending account for new
mails, though the sending server will be relative to the account used for
incoming mail.

There are good reasons to use a separate sending server for any account.

I'm looking at Outlook 2003 for this.

Go to Tools, Email Accounts, View Or Change accounts. Select the account
you want to have as the sending account, click on More Settings and note the
various details - the name of the outgoing server, the login name and
password, and on the Advanced tab, the ports used and any encyption
settings.

Now go back and select the other account. Enter the other ougtoing server
name and then choose More Settings. . On the Outgoing Server tab, select
"requires authentication" and then Log On Using, and enter the login
information. Now go to the Advanced tab and enter the correct port and
encryption information. Choose Apply and OK, and you should be fine.

There's an important thing to note with the outgoing server port, and that's
that use of Port 25 will often lead to sending problems when you change
physical location. Most ISPs prohibit mail relaying, which for a
practical example means that if your normal accounts are with an ISP using
DSL, and you go to a place serviced by a Cable provider, your outgoing mail
will be blocked. The only way around this is to not use a server on Port
25 for sending. Google mail is sometimes used as the sending server for
this. For gmail, the outgoing port is 485 and encypted connections (SSL)
are required.

HTH
-pk

Thank you vey much for your time and kind reply. I still would like to know if there is a way of disabling one of the ourgoing (sending) clinets altogether., so I do not have to worry what port the mail is going out through.
Take care,
Al
 
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Patrick Keenan

Computer logon password said:
Take care,
Al


Yes there is a way and it's described above.

You disable it by not entering the send server information for the account
you don't want. You use the outgoing server info for the account you do
want, instead. You are not restricted to using a specific outgoing server
with a specific incoming server.

Details are above.

If this system is a laptop that is mobile, you generally *do* need to
consider the outgoing mail port, and use an outgoing server that won't be
blocked when you're connected to an ISP that isn't your own.

HTH
-pk
 

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