Authenticated SMTP
Summary: Beginning January 31, 2006, OIT will begin requiring UCInetID/password authentication for all email connections. This action is another step in the ongoing effort to reduce campus exposure to email viruses and unwanted spam email messages.
What is required to use Authenticated SMTP?
- Your email software must support SSL (secure socket layer).
- Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) must allow you to customize your outgoing mail settings to use that server; an increasing number of ISPs require you to use one of their outgoing (SMTP) servers.
Configuring Software
In the tables below, we have identified for you which email programs support authenticated smtp and have provided instructions for the most common clients and operating systems used here at UCI.
It is very important to configure email correctly, as improperly configured software will cause errors and/or delays.
For detailed instructions to set up your email software to send and receive email, see our Email Set Up page.
Windows |
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| Eudora | version 6.x and 7.x | functional | configuring your settings |
| version 5.1 and 5.2 | functional | configuring your settings | |
| version 5.0 and earlier | not supported | ||
| Outlook Express | version 6.0 | functional | configuring your settings |
| version 5.0 | functional | configuring your settings | |
| version 4.0 | unknown | ||
| Outlook | version 2002 (Office XP), 2003 | functional | configuring your settings |
| version 2000 | functional | configuring your settings | |
| version 97 and earlier | unknown | ||
| Oracle Connector for Outlook | version 10.1.2 | functional | configuring your settings |
| Netscape | version 7.0 | functional | configuring your settings |
| version 6.0 | functional | configuring your settings | |
| Communicator 4.5 - 4.7 | functional | configuring your settings | |
| Communicator 4.0 and earlier | not supported | ||
| Thunderbird | version 1.5 | functional | configuring your settings |
Macintosh |
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| Eudora | OS 9: Eudora versions 5.21 - 6.11 | functional with fix | keychain fix |
| OS 10.0 - 10.1 | not supported | ||
| OS 10.2 and Later | functional with upgrade to 6.2.1 or later | configuring your settings | |
| Outlook Express | version 5.0 | not supported | |
| version 4.5 | not supported | ||
| Entourage | version 2004 for OS X | functional | configuring your settings |
| version 2001 for OS 9 and V.X for OS X | not supported | ||
| Netscape | version 7.0 | functional | configuring your settings |
| version 6.0 | functional | configuring your settings | |
| Communicator 4.5 - 4.7 | functional | configuring your settings | |
| Communicator 4.0 and earlier | not supported | ||
| Mac OS X Mail Application | version 1.3 (packaged with Mac OS X 10.3) |
functional | configuring your settings |
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version 1.2 (packaged with Mac OS X 10.2) |
functional | configuring your settings | |
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version 1.0 (packaged with Mac OS X 10.0-10.1) |
not supported | ||
| Thunderbird | version 1.5 | functional | configuring your settings |
Help and Resources
If you need assistance, contact the OIT Response Center at (949) 824-2222.
