Okay - to setup Outlook or your Outlook Express to verify SMTP - please follow the steps below.

Graphics are included to help you see what you need to do. The graphics are large so please scroll down as neccessary.

1. Open you Outlook as you normally would.

2. Click on "Tools" on your top menue bar - then left click on "Email Accounts".

It will open a windows to add or change email accounts. Click in the box that says "View or change existing e-mail accounts.

3. Click on the appropriate email account you have with AmericasGate Internet Services and then click "Change" in the upper right hand corner.

After you select the "Change" button, it will take you to a window like you see below. Here you click the "More Settings" box.

Next - Please click on the second folder from the top which says "Outgoing Server".

At this point - all you need to do is check off the button that says "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentification"

Next click of the radio button that says "Use same settings as my incoming mail server.

Click the "Okay" Button it will take you back to the menu below.

Here you click the "next" button and it will take you back to the menue below;

Click the finish button and you are all set!