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Technical Information
POP3
In addition to mail forwarding options, E-mail can be retrieved from POP mailboxes
using a program like Eudora. You have access to one master POP account and
more additional POPs that appear in your Control Panel within E-mail Settings.
The # of additional POPs depends on the Hosting Plan you have.
PPP internet access is required to read or send email. You will need to use your
local ISP's SMTP server address to send mail. If you can use a special mail
program like Eudora you might be able to specify a different return address.
** Important **
If your hard disk allocation is near or at capacity, you will not be able to receive
POP email. We highly recommend that you do not let your disk space get close
to the maximum limit. You can easily monitor your disk space usage within your
Control Panel.
The Master POP Account
By default, all E-mail addressed to your domain is forwarded to the default mail
forwarding address listed within E-mail Settings under your Control Panel. As
such, E-mail addressed to anyone@yourdomain.com will be forwarded to your
"real" E-mail address. An alternative to having mail forwarded is to retrieve mail
from POP mailboxes.
To recap, the master POP account is merely an alternative to the default mail
forwarding address. If you remove the default mail forwarding address, all E-mail
that was normally forwarded to that address will be held in the master POP
account. The five additional POP accounts within E-mail Settings allow for more
privacy in retrieving E-mail to specific addresses.
To retrieve E-mail from the master POP account, you must first remove the default
mail forwarding address in E-mail Settings under your Control Panel. By removing
the default mail forwarding address, all mail addressed to your domain can be
retrieved from the master POP account rather than being forwarded. The additional
POP accounts are for specific aliases which require their own private mail box.
Use the following settings to configure your mail program to access the master
POP account:
POP Account: <userid>@yourdomainname.com
SMTP Server: (use the SMTP server provided by your ISP)
Substitute your account userid above. Your master POP account password will be
the same as your web account password.
Please be advised that the master pop account will reside under your
/u/web/userid/stats/mail/ directory as a text file just like the other additional POP
accounts that come with your website. Please do not name one of the additional
pop accounts same as your userid name. Please keep in mind that all POP boxes
do count against your disk space.
Configurable POP Accounts
You can also choose to set up POP Accounts only for specific E-mail addresses.
For example, E-mail addressed to sales@yourdomain.com could be held in a
private POP mailbox and be accessed with a unique id and password.
Locate the "POP Accounts" section in E-mail Settings. To create a new POP
account, enter the username of the new POP account. For example, if you want
E-mail addressed to webmaster@yourdomain.com to be held in a POP account,
enter the username "webmaster" in the column titled, "@yourdomain". Be sure to
enter a unique id and password for each new POP account as illustrated below.
@yourdomain
User ID Password
For this example, the following settings would be used to access the "webmaster"
POP account:
POP Account: customer1@yourdomain.com
SMTP Server: (use the SMTP server provided by your ISP)
*** Important ***
The User ID for the additional POP accounts is NOT the same as your account
userid. You need to assign unique ids and passwords for access to the additional
POPs for privacy.
Do not remove the default mail forwarding address in E-mail Settings unless you
will be retrieving E-mail from the master POP account.
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