Freecom Technologies Storage Gateway NETWORK HARD DRIVE manual 100, Setting up an FSG Mail Server

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5.8 Setting up an FSG Mail Server

An e-mail server, or simply mail server, handles e-mails. It is responsible for receiving, sending, saving or forwarding e-mails.

Note: In the name of spam protection, some freemail providers refuse to accept e-mails received from dynamic DNS hostnames. Please keep this in mind when sending e-mails!

Configuring the FSG

The FSG mail server supports POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3) and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) for retrieving and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) for sending e-mails.

POP3	Communications protocol for retrieving e-mails using an
	e-mail client. POP3 allows the user to retrieve and delete
	e-mails on the server. A permanent connection to the
	POP3 mail server is not required. The fetched e-mails are
	stored locally and available offline.
IMAP	The IMAP protocol allows the user to access and manage
	e-mails directly on the server using an e-mail client. Un-
	like the POP3 protocol, the e-mails generally remain on
	the server and are only transferred to the client as re-
	quired. In other words, you need an Internet connection
	to read the e-mails. IMAP provides detailed access control
	to mailboxes as POP3.
	Note: Many freemail providers only support POP3!
SMTP	The SMTP protocol is used to exchange e-mails within
	computer networks. SMTP is mostly used to send and
	forward e-mails.

Set up a Dynamic client under Services -> Dynamic DNS if you have not already done so. Your e-mail address corresponds to the hostname that you set earlier, e.g., xxx@yourhost.no-ip.org (xxx is a user that you previously added on the FSG; yourhost.no- ip is the hostname that you selected at the Dynamic DNS provider).

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