I had written a previous article describing why some people experience sending emails out with their email client software such as Outlook. After receiving some feedback that it was difficult to understand because I did not explain how to look up SMTP since it differs from each internet service provider. I will try to explain how you can locate who your current internet service provider is and then go on Google and look up there SMTP server. Here are some simple steps to take, step by step in doing so.
- Click on your START menu on the lower right corner.
- Click on RUN and a window will open up.
- Inside the window you can type in “cmd” without the parenthesis.
- Now, another window, the DOS prompt will open and now type “ipconfig” without parenthesis.
- You can locate your current Connection Specific DNS Suffix which will be your current ISP (internet service provider); even if you are on a router.
- Now with this information handy; go to Google and search the ISP and the word “SMTP”.
- View through the results and you will most likely find your SMTP server.
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