Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Common SMTP settings for scanning to email

When setting up scanning to email from a scanner or multifunction device, you'll need to know certain information about your email server.  Depending on the server and the device, the information you'll need will vary.  Below are the SMTP settings for some of the more commonly-used email servers.

Comcast:
SMTP server name:  smtp.comcast.net
Port number:  587 (if that doesn't work, use 465)
SSL required:  Yes
Authentication required:  Yes


Gmail:
SMTP server name:  smtp.gmail.com
Port number:  465 (if that doesn't work, use 587)
SSL required:  Yes
Authentication required:  Yes
Encryption:  Auto
If using POP before SMTP:
   POP server:  pop.gmail.com
   Port number:   995


Office 365:
SMTP server name:  smtp.office365.com
Port number:  587
SSL required:  No
TLS required:  Yes
Authentication required:  Yes


Verizon:
SMTP server name:  smtp.verizon.net
Port number:  465
SSL required:  Yes
Authentication required:  Yes


Yahoo!:
SMTP server name:  smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Port number:  465
SSL required:  Yes
Authentication required:  Yes

When using Yahoo! Mail to send scans, you will have a limit of 500 outbound emails per day.

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