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Configure Microsoft Outlook 2003 to Work with Slashmail.org

The following tutorial describes how to configure Outlook 2003 to work with Slashmail.


To start, go into "Tools" and select "Email Accounts".

 

Select "Add a new e-mail account", then click "Next".

 

For Server Type, choose IMAP, then click "Next".

 

Fill out the settings:

  1. Your Name
  2. E-mail Address (use your full account name, e.g. testdude@slashmail.org)
  3. Incoming mail server (IMAP): slashmail.org
  4. Outgoing mail server (SMTP): slashmail.org
  5. User Name:  testdude@slashmail.org
  6. Password (enter your password)
  7. Check "Remember Password"
  8. DO NOT check "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)"

NOTE:  If you do not have physical control of your computer, it is recommended that you do not configure your computer to remember password information.

Click on "More Settings".

 

The "General" tab is fine with defaults as shown.

 

Click on the "Outgoing Server" tab.
Check the box "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication".
Select option "Use same settings as my incoming mail server".

 

Click on the "Connection" tab.  The default shown here is fine.

 

Select "Advanced" tab.

Check box "This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)" under "Incoming server (IMAP)"
Set the port to be 993.

Check box "This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)" under "Outgoing server (SMTP)"
Set the port to be 225.

 

Click "OK", then "Next", then "Finish".

Congratulations, you have configure Outlook 2003 to work with Slashmail.org!

Outlook 2003 will probably have problems initially connecting to send outgoing mail, and will most likely have "Outgoing SSL Errors".  These errors can be ignored.  However, to get it all working, you need to exit Outlook and reboot your system.  Some users have reported having to do this cycle several times (open Outlook, close it, reboot) before it began working.  Your experience may vary.

Additional Information about Email Clients

Please note that port 25 is blocked by some Internet Service Providers (ISP).  If you set up the account and have trouble, you may need to contact your ISP to confirm if this port is blocked.  ISP's block port 25 so that their customers cannot spam others from their computer.  If the port is indeed blocked, you can use an alternate SMTP port with Outlook.  Simply change the port number from 25 to 225.

An important consideration:  You will need to disable any email scanning virus software that is on your computer.  Software such as McAffee, Norton, Symantec, AVG, and many others do not have the capabilities to work with Slashmail's 128-Bit Secure Socket Layer Connection (SSL).  If you do not disable the email virus scanning software, Express will give you an error when trying to send email, and the email will not reach it's destination.