How to troubleshoot SMTP settings for office 365
- Make sure that 2 Factor authentication or Multi factor authentication is disabled for the email id being used.
- Open the Office 365 admin center.
- Go to Users > Active users.
- Click on Multi-factor authentication tab option (in new admin center).
- Select your user
- Click Disable on the right side under quick steps option.
- Make sure to enable SMTP Authentication for the email address used.
- Open the Office 365 admin center.
- Click the Users option from the menu to the left, then choose Active users.
- Select the user, and in the menu that pops out to the side, click the Mail tab.
- Click Manage email apps under the Email apps option.
- Verify the Authenticated SMTP setting, and click Save.
- In case if the option mentioned above is not available in the Admin center, please follow the below steps.
- Use Microsoft exchange online powershell and use the script below to enable the SMTP Authentication
- “Set-CASMailbox -Identity <MailboxIdentity> -SmtpClientAuthenticationDisabled $false”
- Where the <MailboxIdentity> is the mail id for which the SMTP authentication is to be enabled for.