Bigpond password prompts in Microsoft Outlook

  The possible symptoms for SMTP password prompt from Bigpond server is caused occasionally, or usually, that takes place after the Microsoft outlook restarts several times then it would not login or shows failed message like SMTP Password Prompts form smtp.telstra.com server could never login. First of all,the user must check their email settings properly, as shown below, and then configure as follows. The basic email setup for Bigpond mail is mentioned below. Account type ·          Set account type as SMTP. Incoming server details ·          Set incoming server address as smtp.telstra.com ·          Set incoming server port as 993. ·          Set encrypted connection as SSL. Outgoing server details: ·          Set outgoing server address as mail.telstra.com · ...