First, make sure you have your mail server set to mail.nls.net or mail.netlink.net, if it's set to nls.net or netlink.net without the "mail" part then your misconfigured and mail won't work. This used to work in the past but doesn't anymore. If you have your own domain then set it to the name of your mail server.

AuthSMTP allows you to log into the mail server from anywhere and send outgoing email. Typically an ISP forces you to be logged into their dialup to send mail thru their servers, we do not. You can send mail via your netlink account from anywhere on the internet provided two conditions. First, the dialup node you use has to allow you to make an smtp connection to our server, some ISP's block outbound smtp connections in an attempt to control spamming. Second your email program must support authsmtp, instructions for enabling it are below.

There is a third way you can send without using authsmtp, it's called pop-b4-smtp and that simply means you must check  your email before trying to send email. Some email programs try to send before checking, so simply clicking on send/receive twice should get around that problem.

If you are having trouble sending email, for example if you have to hit send/receive several times to get your emails to send, then find  your email program below and follow the instructions for enableing authsmtp for it.

Eudora Light 3.0 / Eudora Pro 4.1

Start Eudora Light, click the "Tools" menu at the top of the screen, then click "Options."

The options window will open up, with a row of icons down the left side.
Click on the icon that says "Checking Mail"
On the right side of the screen, near the top (at the bottom in some versions), there will be a check box that says "Send on check." Place a check mark in there, then hit OK
at the bottom.

Outlook XP

Start Outlook XP, click the "Tools" menu at the top of the screen then select "Email Accounts"

Under E-mail, select "View or change existing e-mail acccounts." Then click "Next."

Select your Netlink (mail.netlink.net) E-mail account from the list, then click the "Change" button.

Click on "More Settings," then click the tab that says "Outgoing Server"
Look for two check boxes labeled:
"My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"
and
"Use same settings as my incoming mail server"
Make sure both of those are checked.

Click "OK" then click "Next" then click "Finish"


Outlook Express 4 / 5 / 6

Start Outlook Express (not plain Outlook), click the "Tools" menu at the top of the screen, then select "Accounts."

When the Internet Accounts window opens, click the tab that says "Mail."
Your mail account(s) will be listed there, click once on the first one to highlight it,
then click the "Properties" button on the right. 

On the new window that opened up, click the "Servers" tab. At the bottom there is a heading that says "Outgoing Mail Server" and a check box that says "My server requires authentication"
Check it, then click "Apply", then click "OK."

If you have other accounts in the accounts window then repeat for each account that uses our mail server to send email.

Close the Internet Accounts window, and exit Outlook Express.


Outlook 98

Start Outlook (not Outlook Express).

Click the "Tools" menu, then click "Services."
You should have a "Internet Email--Outlook98" listing, click it once to select it, then click
the "Properties" button below.

On the new window, click the "Servers" tab. At the bottom there is a heading that says "Outgoing Mail Server" and a check box below that says "My server requires authentication"
Check it, then click "Apply" thenclick "OK".

Close the "Services" window, then exit Outlook


Outlook 97 does NOT support AUTHSMTP authentication


Apple Mail (MacOS X)

Start Apple Mail. Click the "Mail" menu in the upper left, then click "Preferences."
Select your Netlink account, then click "Edit"
Look for a check box that says "Use authentication when sending mail", check it, then enter your username 
and password where marked. (Username is the first part of your email address, e.g. username@netlink.net)
Do NOT put your full email address.


Netscape 4.x does NOT support AUTHSMTP authentication


Netscape 6 / 7 (Mac and PC)

Start Netscape up, then goto the "Window" menu and select "Mail and Newsgroups" to start up the mail portion of the program.

Once in the Mail program, click the "Edit" menu, then select "Mail and Newsgroup Account Settings" from the menu.
On  the left side click Outgoing Server, and on the right check the box that says "Send username/password"  then you type your username in the "username" box