Smtp Authentication

[poisondwarf]

In Internet Explorer I get about 40 spam emails aday and my Inbox empties of its own accord! I cannot send emails in Outlook Express, because I get an error message about my SMTP authentication. PLEASE can someone help before a laptop shaped hole appears in our front room window?
Many thanks in anticipation
Poison Dwarf

[The Builder]

Have you checked your Outlook Express account properties to see if your outgoing (SMTP) server details are correct?

[Buenchico]

Following up The Builder's advice:
Go to Tools > Accounts.
Click on the name of the relevant account, to highlight it.
Click Properties.
Look for a box marked 'enable SMTP authentication' (or something similar), and see if it's got a tick in it. [If it hasn't, try putting one in it].

If that doesn't work, try deleting the account and then creating it again. (Instead of clicking Properties, click Delete and confirm your choice. Then Go to Tools > Accounts again and use the option to create a new account).

[eastern]

Have you recently changed your Internet provider? If so you will need reset the SMTP authentication to their mailbox, who is your provider by the way?

[eastern]

If you can receive e mails that means your POP3 account details are correct but to send you need your isp's details to go through their server, for instance BT is; mail.btinternet.com.