Does Astahost Support POP-3 E-mail Accounts?

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Apr 7 2006, 07:29 AM

Even though I have an already open thread in the Hoster Members Support section, I thought opening an thread about this specific question may be helpful to future members.

In cPanel, when you create a new e-mail address, it can be accessed by WebMail, either using Horde or SquirrelMail...

My question is: Can I use a POP-3 client (Outlook, Thunderbird, Pegasus, etc.) to download my e-mail messages from AstaHost's servers to my own computer?

Thanks a lot in advance

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miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG

Apr 7 2006, 08:09 AM

Yep - it can be done. The email addresses you create are POP3 enabled by default.

You can access them at the standard POP3 port which is 110 using any email client like Outlook, ThunderBird etc.. The server address should be yoursubdomain.astahost.com.

NOTE: When you use POP3 access, you've to enter the login name is this format in your email client...
Say your email is: myemail@mysubdomain.astahost.com
The login name should be: myemail+mysubdomain.astahost.com
Password should be whatever you set your email password to.

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Apr 7 2006, 08:39 AM

Well, that's perfect. Thanks a lot, m^e!

I suppose if I have a domain name parked here at AstaHost, I can use it just as well, right?

And another question, please... Is SMTP also suppported? And if so, on what port?

Thanks again, and sorry for being such a klutz

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miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG

Apr 7 2006, 08:53 AM

Unfortunately SMTP isn't supported at Astahost. You'll have to use your own ISPs SMTP for that... Nowadays most ISPs allow you to use their authentication based SMTP to relay your own mails..

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Apr 7 2006, 10:25 AM

You're right, m^e

. I can get - and I already do have - SMTP functionality at GMail... I was just wondering about the limits of the services here at AstaHost, because honestly, at times they seem limitless

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By the way, I posted another question here: http://www.astahost.com/index.php?showtopic=11430&hl=

Would you be so kind and take a look at it, please?

Thank you so much for being so helpful and friendly, m^e. I owe you big time.

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miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG

Apr 7 2006, 01:00 PM

No probs

Glad to be of help. I guess this issue is resolved. Topic closed. If you've any further queries on this, PM me to reopen the topic. Am taking a look at the other thread, meanwhile.

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