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 Last Update: February 11, 2005, 10:14 am
 
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Hi,
This isn't any hosting help request. Just wanted to know how the astahost email works... It's hooked to my domain, right.. So my email logins should be "user" for an email that like: user@mydomain.com .. But instead my pop logins for downloading mails are "user+mydomain.com" and it's corresponding passwd. Why does the pop logins take this shape (not that it's a hindrance) - just curious. :P
Thanks

P.S. the title of this post was supposed to be "Can anyone explain me the idea......." instead it became "Can anyone email me the idea..." .. lol.. just a typo + being grossly unmindful ;) .. hehe

[NilsC]OK, I edited your title for you... happy now ;) [/NilsC]

Tue Feb 8, 2005    New Discussion   


Is this similar to the one I answered here?
http://www.astahost.com/asta-file-no-2681.html

this explains pop3 and smtp setup for outlook express. (using registry settings)

Nils

Tue Feb 8, 2005    New Discussion   

QUOTE (NilsC)

Is this similar to the one I answered here?
http://www.astahost.com/asta-file-no-2681.html

this explains pop3 and smtp setup for outlook express. (using registry settings)

Nils
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No no... I can access my pop mail all fine. It doesn't have to do with how to fetch my pop mail from the astahost accounts - that works fine for me. What strikes me funny is that all the email accounts I create have the login name in the following format: "username+microsys-asia.info". It's not a problem, but just wanted to know why it happens like that.
Thanks

Tue Feb 8, 2005    New Discussion   

It's actually the same way on all email servers You can use

  1. yourmail@yourdomain.astahost.com
  2. yourmail+yourdomain.astahost.com
  3. yourmail.yourdomain.astahost.com
  4. yourmail
It all depends on how the server parses the username. Som email programs can use "yourmail" only and it takes the rest from your mx address after the mail.yourdomain.astahost.com

It's how you are recognized.

Nils

Tue Feb 8, 2005    New Discussion   


All right ;) Now I know... thanks. That tells me I got to still mess around with the MTA's and Mailer Clients on Linux and come up with something out of that...

Tue Feb 8, 2005    New Discussion   

I use webmaster@astahost.com_NOSPAM format for logging in.

You can use + or @. Anything is fine with the server :P

I am closing this topic as the topic issue stands resolved.

Fri Feb 11, 2005    New Discussion   

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