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Sending emails from your school email address in Bromcom
Posted onJanuary 23, 2025September 3, 2025 Updated onSeptember 3, 2025

Your email settings can be viewed under Config > Setup > System Settings. If you have not used Email functionality, you will need to ensure the settings are entered as per the below instructions, and click the Save button in the top left of the screen. Despite the warning, the ability to send emails is…
Mcafee Antivirus blocking sent emails within Outlook
Posted onDecember 21, 2015August 5, 2019 Updated onAugust 5, 2019

There is occasionally an issue where users who have McAfee Antivirus are unable to send emails through Outlook. When you try to test the server settings and see why it is failing you will be presented with an error saying that Outlook has “Failed to access the outgoing SMTP server”. The text in the error…