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To collect messages from other email accounts

If you have additional email accounts, you can set up NIMS to routinely retrieve messages from the other accounts. For example, if you have email accounts at work, home, and school, you can specify the addresses and the client will copy any new messages from them to your WebMail mailbox.

  1. Click Preferences.
  2. Under Proxy Configuration, in the Host field, provide the actual name of your service provider's POP or IMAP server.

    This is not simply the name of the service provider. For example, you have an account with a service provider named ABCMail. The host is not "ABCMail." It will probably be something like imap.abcmail.com or mail.abcmail.com. If you do not know the host name, contact your service provider.

  3. Provide the username and password for your other email account.
  4. In the Type field, select either IMAP or POP.

    In order for the Proxy feature to work, the mail accounts which you define must be running on a POP3 or IMAP service. You cannot retrieve mail from Web-only mail services.

  5. If you want copies of your message left in your other email mailbox, make sure Leave is selected.
  6. Click Apply to save your Preferences changes. The Proxy Configuration section has its own Apply button, so you don't need to scroll to the bottom of the page.
  7. Repeat Step 2 through Step 6 for up to three different email accounts.

Keep the following in mind about the Proxy feature:

  • Message retrieval is not instantaneous. The Proxy service runs at intervals set by your system administrator (every 1, 2, or 3 hours). Updates to your account occur on this preset schedule.
  • Some email providers allow access to your mailbox only if you log in within a specified IP address range which belongs to that service. They provide you the IP address upon login. In this case, Proxy will not work even if it is a POP3 or IMAP email service.

Note: Some features described in WebMail help may not be provided on your system.

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