Contact Centre SMTP Confguration for Office 365
Symptom
When setting up a Custom SMTP with Office 365 in Contact Center the Test in Configuration Manager for Contact Center is successful, however, outbound emails fail to send and are not received by the recipient.
Applies To
- Contact Center Custom SMTP with Office 365
Resolution
The test from Configuration Manager for Contact Center can sometimes provide a successful result even though the SMTP connection from Contact Center fails. This is often due to an unsupported Authentication Method being selected. Only the "Password, transmitted insecurely (LOGIN)" authentication method is supported for Office 365 accounts.
Example Office 365 Custom SMTP Configuration
Server Name: smtp.office365.com
Port: 587
Connection Security: STARTTLS
Authentication Method: Password, transmitted insecurely (LOGIN)
Cause
This is often due to an unsupported Authentication Method being selected.
Additional Information
How to set up a custom SMTP server for 8x8 Contact Center email communication.