In addition to mail forwarding
options, email can be retrieved from POP mailboxes using a
program like Eudora.
You have access to one master POP account and 5*
(or more) additional POPs that appear in your Control Panel
within Email Settings.
PPP internet access 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 email addressed to your domain is forwarded to
the default mail forwarding address
listed within Email 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 Email 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 Email 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>@mail.rapidsite.net
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.
Configurable POP Accounts
You can also choose to set up POP Accounts only for specific
e-mail addresses. For example, email 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 Email 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.
