Configuring your email to send mail through port 587

You need to modify the mailbox settings in your email program, keeping in mind that the outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and uses port 587.

Below, we show you how to configure it in the most common email programs:

Configuration for Outlook 2003

1. Select the “Outlook 2003” icon on your desktop, right-click it and open “Propiedades”.
2. In the window that appears, click “Cuentas de correo electrónico”.
3. Select “Ver o cambiar cuentas de correo electrónico existentes” and click “Siguiente”.
4. In the list of mailboxes that appears, select the one you want and click “Cambiar”.
5. In the new window, click the button “Más configuraciones”.
6. Go to the tab “Servidor de salida”, and select the checkbox “Mi servidor de salida (SMTP) requiere autenticación”. (Leave the default option “Utilizar la misma configuración que mi servidor de correo de entrada” selected).
7. Go to the tab “Avanzadas” and under “Servidor de salida (SMTP)” enter 587.

Configuration for Outlook Express

1. Open the menu option “Herramientas > Cuentas”.
2. On the tab “Correo”, select the mailbox you want to configure and click “Propiedades”.
3. On the tab “Servidores”, select the option “Mi servidor requiere autenticación”.
4. On the tab “Opciones avanzadas” in the field “Correo saliente (SMTP)” change the “SMTP” port number to “587”.

Configuration for Thunderbird

1. Go to the menu “Herramientas > Configuración de las cuentas”.
2. On the left, select “Servidor de salida (SMTP)” to view the sending options.
3. Select the SMTP server and click “Editar “.
4. In the field “Puerto” enter the value 587.
5. Select the option “Utilizar nombre y contraseña”.
6. In the box “Nombre de usuario” enter the username of the mailbox you have configured.