After installing SugarCRM email ids have to be configured for sending and receiving emails. Which can be a painful task if you don’t know the SMTP and POP3 servers of your host.

All the hosts provide the SMTP and pop3 server configurations which can be used to configure the email ids in the SugarCRM. I installed SugarCRM on 1and1.com shared hosting; there pop3 server works perfectly fine but for sending out the emails the SMTP server doesn’t work for some reason. Sendmail option can be used instead of SMTP but when you send emails using sendmail are marked as spam.

After researching for the problem I found out the solution. IP address of the SMTP server (74.208.5.2) must be used that means put 74.208.5.2 instead of smtp.1and1.com in the SMTP server configuration and it will work fine.

Ypops can be downloaded here. After installation make sure it is running (can be seen in the system tray). Open your Microsoft Outlook 2003 and follow the steps below:

1. Select Tools > Email Accounts from the main menu

2. Select Add a new email account and click on Next

3. Select POP3 as the Server Type. Click Next

4. Enter your username and full Yahoo! email address under ‘User Information’

5. Enter your Yahoo! Login id and password under ‘Logon Information’

6. Enter ‘127.0.0.1′ as your Incoming mail server

7. Enter ‘127.0.0.1′ as the SMTP server as your outgoing mail server

8. Click on the More Settings button and select the Advanced tab

9. Increase the Server Timeout to ‘Long’ (10 minutes)

10. Select the Outgoing Server tab

11. Enable “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”. Select “Use same settings as my incoming mail server”.

12. Click Ok to close the More Settings dialog

13. Click Next and then Finish

For configuration of other email clients and complete documentation, FAQ, and help visit Ypops Website.