| 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.
- Click
Preferences.
- 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.
- Provide the
username and password for your other email account.
- 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.
- If you want
copies of your message left in your other email mailbox, make
sure Leave is selected.
- 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.
- 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. |