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Configuring SMTP Settings

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To send Microsoft SharePoint items as attachments, you must configure SMTP server settings.

To configure SMTP settings. do the following:

Go to the main menu and click General Options.
On the SMTP Settings tab, select the Configure SMTP settings checkbox and specify the following:

DNS name or IP address of the mail server.
SMTP communication port.
The sender email address. This address will appear in the From field when sending SharePoint items.
Select Use authentication checkbox If your SMTP server requires SMTP authentication for outgoing mail and provide valid credentials.
Select Enable SSL security checkbox to enable SSL data encryption.