Email:Receiving Email
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Settings
- Username: full email address including domain. For example foo@bar.com
- Incoming Mailserver: mail.yourdomain.com. For example mail.bar.com
- Outgoing Mailserver: smtp.yourdomain.com. For example smtp.bar.com The outgoing server requires authentication with the same username /password as the incoming mail server
- Outgoing Port: Use either port 25 or port 587. Some ISPs are now blocking traffic on port 25 so we are now offering SMTP-AUTH on port 587
- Use SSL: SSL is NOT available on any saskaweb services (IMAP, POP, SMTP)
Description
SaskaWeb.com offers mail retrieval via the IMAP and POP3 protocols in addition to webmail. For use with email clients, we strongly recommend IMAP.
We chose to offer IMAP and recommend it mainly due to its superior integration with webmail and our spam filtering. Some of the advantages of IMAP are:
- IMAP supports folders whereas POP3 does not. This allows for a Junk email folder where messages flagged as spam are automatically routed to. This is a safe way of filtering spam as the user can recover mail that has been falsely labeled spam. Although it is possible for many mail clients to process messages and store them in folders on the local machine, we do not believe this is the best solution. Client mail processing is often slow and Outlook's Rules (for example) is quite error-prone.
- IMAP messages are always saved on the server. Although some mail clients will download the entire message to the local machine, the email will remain on the server until it is purged by the user. This allows a user to retrieve their email from multiple workstations. In contrast, with POP3 most users will move the message from the server to their local machine. If they leave their mail client running when they leave for a trip, they will be unable to retrieve their messages from webmail as all of the mail has already been moved to their office computer. With IMAP, you never have this problem
- Multiple users can connect to the same mailbox simultaneously. Although it isn't a common request, POP3 mail clients will generate errors if more than one user attempts to connect to the same mailbox at the same time. This isn't a problem with IMAP
- IMAP supports message states. If you've marked an email as read with your mail client, the message will appear as read when accessing your mailbox from any other computer or even via webmail.
A longer description of IMAP and its advantages over POP3 can be found at wikipedia [1]
Webmail
Webmail is setup for every domain we host email for to ensure our clients can access their email from anywhere. The webmail site is typically webmail.yourdomain.com and mail.yourdomain.com
HowTo
Instructions for configuring an email client are available here
