Changing Outgoing Port in Outlook

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Sometimes ISPs (internet Service Providers) will block your outgoing mail port in order to prevent spam being sent on their servers. This can be a pain to innocent emailers such as yourself. Luckily changing the outgoing port will usually resolve the issue.

1. Open Outlook 2007

2. Select the Tools menu and select Account settings

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3. Select the account and then select Change

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4. Select More settings

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5. Select the Advanced tab
6. Change the Outgoing Server (SMTP) port to 465

Under use the following type of encrypted connection select SSL

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7. Select OK then Next and then Finish and you're done.

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