Settings
Downloading Email from a POP3 Account
This tutorial will show you how to download messages from another email account into Webmail using POP3.
To set up a POP3 account in Webmail, complete the following steps:
- Click Settings.
- Click Preferences, and then click Other Accounts.
- In the Other Accounts pane, click Add.
- Complete the fields on the Add POP3 Account page as follows:
- Email - Enter the full email address of the other account.
- Username - Enter the username you use to log in to your other email account.
- Password - Enter the password you use to log in to the other email account.
- Provider - From the drop-down list, choose the account's service provider.
- Server Address - The server address can be obtained from the provider of the email account you are trying to download.
- Server Port - Use port 110 if you do not put a check in the Use SSL box. Use port 993 if you do put a check in the Use SSL box.
- Use SSL - Putting a check in this box will make Webmail access your other email account through an encrypted connection.
- Leave Messages On Server - Put a check in this box if you want to leave a copy of the messages you download in the original email account.
- Default Folder - Select the folder to which you want to download the messages from your other email account.
- Test connection on save - Click to put a checkmark in this box if you want to test the connection to this account when you save the configuration.
- Import old messages - Click to put a checkmark in this box if you want to import all existing messages from the account. If you don't select this option, only new, unread messages will be imported.
- Click Submit.