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Authenticated Post Office Protocol. Similar to the Post Office Protocol (POP), but instead of using a plaintext password for authentication, it uses an encoding of the password together with a challenge string (MD5).

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Mail Transfer Agent: The application that uses SMTP to move an e-mail message to another MTA until message reaches the addressee's computer, where the message is delivered.

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Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: Extended version of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), which includes additional functionality such as delivery notification and session delivery. ESMTP is described in RFC 1869, SMTP Service Extensions.

Configurating BeMail (the Mail Replacement Daemon)

The Mail Daemon Replacement supports multiple mail accounts. Mail accounts are set up by first clicking the Add button. You will than have to choose what Account Type you want to have:

The options are Inbound Only, Outbound Only and Inbound & Outbound. Inbound Only means that you can only receive mail with that account and not not send out mail, as for instance replying the mail from within the same account.

Outbound Only means that you can only send e-mails from that account and not receive any mails with it. Inbound & Outbound are accounts that lets you both receive and send mails. In this manual we have chosen to make an Inbound & Outbound account, as they are the most commonly used.

As you choose the Account Type the rest of the Account Configuration will be made available. You can give the account the Account Name you want, typically you would call it Home, Private or Work. In the Real Name filed you should write your full name, and in Return Address your e-mail address. Click then Test Mail's Incoming:

The first you have to define is what protocol you want to use to receive mails: POP or IMAP. In this example we have chosen to show how you configure POP, as it is the most commonly used protocol.

In Mail Host you should write in the name of the mailserver that you will be downloading new mails from. Normally it will be called pop, imap or mail.something.nnn . Than add your User Name and Password in the following two field. The next is the Authentication Method which can be in Plain Text (default) or APOP (encrypted).

By default you will remove the mails from the server as you download them. MDR gives you the option Leave the Mail on Server, which gives you the opportunity to download the mail on more than one machine, for instance both on your machine at work and home. It also comes with the handy option Delete Mail From Server When Deleted Locally, so that you don't have to download uninteresting mails twice.

MDR gives you several options for how you can be notified when receiving new mails. By default the notification is set to none. Options are Beep, Alert, Keyboard LEDs, Central Alert, Central Beep and Log Window.

By default the Destination Folder that mails are download is /boot/home/mail/in. This can be changed by clicking Select... . You can also choose not to download mails larger than an own defined size in KB.

In Test Mail's Outgoing you will find the Source Folder for all outgoing mails. By default set to /boot/home/mail/out. This might be something that you would like to change, if you have changed the default folder for incoming mails.

As mentioned the protocol for outgoing mail is SMTP. This server would normally be smtp.something.nnn . Often you will not need any kind of authentication for the SMTP as you are already authenticated with checking the POP server for new mails. If you need to authenticate also for the SMTP, you can choose between ESMTP and POP3 before SMTP.

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