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Mailboxes
A POP3 mailbox is essentially a password protected area on our server in which
you store your mail. POP3 mailboxes can be created and configured using
the Mailboxes page. The number of mailboxes you can create depends on your
hosting plan.
Creating A Mailbox
To create a mailbox click 'Create Mailbox' on the Mailboxes page. On the
following screen enter the name for the mailbox, this is the part of the
email address before the @ sign which should be no more than 20 characters
long and may consist of lower case letters, numbers and '.' only. Enter
a password to be used to access this mailbox which should be between 5
and 20 characters long and may consist of letters and numbers only. Click
'Create Mailbox' to create this mailbox on the system.
Changing A Mailbox Password
To change the password that is used to access a mailbox, click the 'Change
Password' link corresponding to the mailbox in the listing on the Mailboxes
page. Enter a new password which should be between 5 and 20 characters
long and may consist of letters and numbers only. Click 'Change Password'
to update the mailbox password.
Deleting A Mailbox
To delete a mailbox, click the 'Delete' link corresponding to the mailbox
in the listing on the Mailboxes page. You will be asked to confirm this
action before the mailbox is actually deleted. On confirmation the mailbox
including its contents will be erased from the system.
Accessing A Mailbox
To collect email from a POP3 account you need to configure your email
program correctly. The settings you need to configure are as follows.
| Incoming (POP) Server |
pop.a2ahost.co.uk |
| Outgoing (SMTP) Server |
If you use our dialup service to connect to the internet, use: smtp.a2ahost.co.uk |
Otherwise use the SMTP mail server of the Internet Service Provider (ISP)
that you use to connect to the Internet. This information can usually
be found on your ISP's web site or by contacting their support department.
If your Internet access provider does not have an SMTP mail server for
you to use, you can send mail through our SMTP server shown above provided
your mail client supports SMTP authentication, authenticate with your
mailbox username and password.
Username The username for a mailbox can be obtained from the Mailboxes
page
Password The password you specified when creating the mailbox
From Address This is the address shown in the 'from' field of messages
that you send. You should specify your new email address at your domain
(i.e. yourname@domain.co.uk) here in order to present the most
professional image.
How you configure these settings in your mail client will vary slightly
depending upon which program you are using. Consult the documentation
for your email software for more information.
In circumstances where you do not have access to your mail client, you
can use our web based email service at http://webmail.a2ahost.co.uk.
Login with your mailbox username and password. See the webmail documentation
for more information.
Notes On Mailboxes
Please be aware that as part of our system maintenance procedures, designed
to ensure continuous provision of high quality service, we may delete
read messages that are in excess of 1 month old and unread messages that
are in excess of 3 months old from your mailbox.
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