Balsa User's Guide
<<< Previous |  | Next >>>

# Mail Servers

This page lets you specify how you get POP3 mail, send mail, etc.

`Remote Mailbox Servers`

  These are IMAP and POP3 servers that you receive email from. The three buttons let you create, modify, and remove records. POP3 mailboxes will not show up in the mailbox list. You can specify multiple servers, when adding a server you will be asked to give:

  - mailbox name that will identify the mailbox

  - The server you have the POP mailbox on.

  - The port that will be used to connect to the server. The port number is usually 110 but you may change it if you for example use some kind of connection tunneling,

  - The user name on the mailbox server.

  - Corresponding password.

  - What does the check check box mean?

  - You can select the 'delete from server' button to remove the downoladed messages from the server.

`Local Mail Directory`

  This is the directory that `Balsa` will scan looking for mail folders.

`Remote SMTP Server`

  Specify the domain name and optionally the port for of the SMTP server you use for submitting mail. Please note that the default port number is 587. The syntax is hostname[:port]. Port can be a decimal number or the name of the service as specified in `/etc/services`. Typically you can just set this to "localhost:smtp".

`User`

  If the remote SMTP server requires authentication, enter your user name here. Note that the exact format depends on the MTA in use. For example, some systems expect a user name, others may require an email address.

`Pass Phrase`

  If the remote SMTP server requires authentication, enter your pass phrase here. Some systems refer to the pass phrase as a password. Limitations on the length of the pass phrase depend on the SMTP server.

<<< Previous | Home | Next >>>
The Preferences Window |  | Address Books