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Legacy Forums => Suggestions => Topic started by: Andy Butcher on July 16, 2003, 08:04:53 PM

Title: group email
Post by: Andy Butcher on July 16, 2003, 08:04:53 PM

I could be wrong, but I don't think it's possible to set up a single group email account for a domain so that I can then pop3 to the SME server once to download all email for everyone in the domain?

Andy

Title: Re: group email
Post by: Amazing Iceman on July 18, 2003, 08:20:55 PM

What you need to do, is create your user accounts on the server, and then use the advance e-mail features to retrieve all the e-mail using the main account your ISP gives you. It's all in the manual, and it's very simple to implement, nothing extra to install.

Title: Re: group email
Post by: Jon Roberts on July 26, 2003, 01:29:12 PM

I can confirm that this is what I do.  In the e-mail settings of server manager, select e-mail retrieval mode to Multidrop.  In the ETRP - Multidrop section, filling the details for your POP account.

When picking up e-mail from the POP account, this will look at the user name (the bit before the @) and compare it to a local account.  If it matches, then the mail is forwarded there (or at least that's how I think it works, it's certainly what it seems to do).

Title: Re: group email
Post by: Kelvin on July 29, 2003, 05:22:19 PM

>When picking up e-mail from the POP account,
>this will look at the user name (the bit before the
>@) and compare it to a local account. If it matches,
>then the mail is forwarded there (or at least that's
>how I think it works, it's certainly what it seems to do).

Yes. And that is also how Multi-Drop systems fall down.

Eg. Most mailing lists send out their mails using Blind Sends or BCCs which do not show up on the To: line used to sort Multi-Drop mails. These mails don't get delivered to the intended receipients.

Kelvin