Configure outgoing e-mail (Windows SharePoint Services)

Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

What do you want to do?

Configure default outgoing e-mail settings

Configuring the default outgoing e-mail settings configures the default outgoing e-mail settings for all Web applications.

On the top navigation bar, click Operations.
On the Operations page, click Outgoing e-mail settings in the Topology and Services section.
On the Outgoing E-Mail Settings page, in the Mail Settings section, type the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server name for outbound e-mail (for example, mail.example.com) in the Outbound SMTP server box.
In the From address text box, type the from address as you want it to appear to e-mail recipients.
In the Reply-to address box, type the e-mail address to which you want e-mail recipients to reply.
In the Character set menu, select the character set appropriate for your language.
Click OK.

You can override a Web application's default settings for outgoing e-mail.

On the top navigation bar, click Application Management.
On the Application Management page, click Web application outgoing e-mail settings in the SharePoint Web Application Management section.
On the Web Application E-Mail Settings page, select a Web application by using the Web Application menu in the Web Application section.
In the Mail Settings section, type the SMTP server name for outbound e-mail (for example, type mail.fabrikam.com) in the Outbound SMTP server box.
In the From address box, type the e-mail address as you want it to appear to e-mail recipients.
In the Reply-to address box, type the e-mail address to which you want e-mail recipients to reply.
On the Character set menu, click the character set that's appropriate for your language.
Click OK.