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The configuration options in this menu are structured by topic. You can change between
the different screens by clicking on the tabs at the top.
14.6.2-A Mailboxes........................................................................ 387
14.6.2-B Multi-drop Parameters..................................................... 388
14.6.2-C Multi-drop Domains......................................................... 389
14.6.2-D Server settings................................................................ 389
14.6.2-E ETRN............................................................................... 391
Protocol
Please select the protocol used to access this server. Ask your provider for the correct
setting.
POP3
The most commonly used way to retrieve emails is by using the POP3 protocol.
With POP3, emails are kept in mailboxes that can be accessed with a username
and a password. You can retrieve emails from a mailbox at the provider and
deliver it to a specific local user or group (single-drop). An other possibility is to
retrieve the emails from a mailbox and have SX-GATE deliver it to the recipient
deduced from the headers of the mail (multi-drop).
APOP
APOP is similar to POP3, except for a different way to authenticate.
IMAP
Some POP servers use a very short connection idle timeout. Switching to IMAP
might be a solution in this case.
ETRN (ESMTP)
ETRN is a command of the ESMTP protocol. It might be used if SX-GATE is
connected to the Internet with a dial-up line using a fixed IP address. The mail
server of the provider tries to forward incoming emails directly to this fixed IP
address. If SX-GATE is unavailable, as e.g. the dial-up line is offline, the mail
server of the provider keeps the mail in a queue. Just after the dial-up line
connects again, SX-GATE used the ETRN command to trigger a new delivery
attempt of all waiting mails.
14.6.2-A
Mailboxes
Mailboxes
Use this control to define which mailboxes to retrieve from the selected POP server
and how to process the respective emails.
