This HSphere section covers:
Creating Mailboxes
To create mailboxes in addition to webmaster and postmaster
mailboxes obligatory created on each maildomain:
1. Click "New E-mail" on the maildomain Controls page:
2. On the configuration page, that you will be taken to, enter the
mailbox name in the "Email address" field.
3. Check the "Catch All" box to collect email messages sent to a
nonexistent account on the mail domain.
* If catch all isn't enabled on any mail resource running on the
mailbox's mail domain, such email message will bounce back to the
sender with an error notification.
4. Check the box next to MAILBOX.
5. Configure the mailbox:
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Password: see below. |
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Confirm password: re-enter the password. |
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Comment: enter description to help identify the mailbox. |
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Discard All Incoming Mail: see below.
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AntiSpam: see below. |
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Use mail domain antispam preferences: check the box to use
antispam preferences configured for the maildomain. |
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AntiVirus: see below. |
6. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.
7. Agree with the charges, if any.
Removing Mailboxes
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To remove a mailbox preserving other services running on it's e-mail
address:
1. Click the mailbox e-mail address in the "E-mail" list on the
maildomain Controls page:
 2. Uncheck the MAILBOX box.
3. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.
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To remove a mailbox along with all mail services running on its
e-mail address, click the "Trash" icon in the mailbox "Properites"
entry on the Mail Controls page:
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Notes:
* Postmaster mailbox can't be deleted.
* To delete a Catch All mailbox, first switch Catch All OFF.
Mailbox Storage Quota
Mailbox quota defines how many MB you can store in your mailbox.
You can't store more MB in your mailbox than allowed by the mailbox
quota. It is not included into the site disk space quota. If your
hosting plan allows you can increase initial free mailbox quota:
1. On the maildomain Controls page click the "of X MB" link in the
mailbox "Properites" entry:
2. Enter new quota size in megabytes and click the "Submit" button.
From that moment on you will be charged for the difference between
this new amount and the free amount your hosting plan grants. This
charge will be added to the recurrent fee at the beginning of each
billing period.
Notes:
* You can't change quota for postmaster mailbox.
Mailbox Password
Mailbox password is an alphanumeric combination that authenticates
logging into the mailbox. It is required when you are logging into the
mailbox outside your control panel or when you configure an external
mail client to access your mailbox.
To change mailbox password:
1. Click the mailbox e-mail address in the "E-mail" list on the
maildomain Controls page.
2. In the "MAILBOX" section enter a new password in the "Password" and
"Confirm password" fields.
3. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.
Discarding All Incoming Mail
If you don't need ALL your incoming mail, you can configure your
mailbox to discard all incoming mail:
* with the "Discard All incoming mail" option enabled, senders of
the incoming emails won't receive 'undelivered mail' notices
1. Click the mailbox e-mail address in the "E-mail" list on the
maildomain Controls page.
2. In the "MAILBOX" section check the "Discard All Incoming Mail" box.
3. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.
AntiSpam
AntiSpam allows to trace, filter out and delete spam messages
comming to your mailbox.
When you enable antispam for a mailbox you can
use antispam preferences
configured for a mail domain or
configure it individually for a specific mailbox.
To enable antispam for a mailbox:
1. Click the mailbox e-mail address in the "E-mail" list on the
maildomain Controls page.
2. In the "MAILBOX" section check the "AntiSpam" box.
* To use mail domain antispam
preferences, check the "Use mail domain antispam preferences" box
in the same entry. Otherwise you'll have to
configure it on an individual basis.
3. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.
To configure antispam individually for a specific mailbox:
1. Turn on spam protection for the mailbox.
2. Click the "Antispam" icon in the mailbox "Resources included"
entry:
3. On the "Antispam prefrences" page you will be taken to:
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choose spam check level that determines how aggressively spam
is interpreted. The antispam filters analyze each email message as
it passes through the gateway email server and score it between 1
and 14. The larger the number the more likely it is considered to be
spam. There are six levels to choose from:
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Very Aggressive: rejects messages that score over 3.
* guarantees almost anything delivered to your mailbox will be
legitimate. However you will lose a lot of email. |
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Aggressive: rejects messages that score over 5.
* guarantees anything delivered to you will be legitimate. Still a
fair chance of false positives. |
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Antispam system default value rejects messages that score
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Normal: rejects messages that score over 7.
* might block messages mailing lists messages. |
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Relaxed: rejects messages that score over 12.
accepts semi-legitimate bulk mail. |
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Permissive: rejects messages that score over 12.
* accepts almost everything |
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enter e-mail addresses to accept (the "White list" field) and
reject (the "White list" field) mail from regardless of
whether antispam at the activated spam check level interprets it as
spam or not
Notes:
* you can use masks using '*' and '?'. For example: *@domain.com,
?abc@domain.com, *.domain.com
* e-mail addresses or masks should be separated by ',' or ';' or
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4. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.
To configure antispam for a maildomain:
1. Click the "AntiSpam preferences" icon in the "Mail Service" section
on the maildomain Controls page:
2. On the page you will be taken to, configure "Antispam prefrences"
the same way you configure antispam
for a mailbox.
3. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.
AntiVirus
AntiVirus checks incomming mail for viruses and if detects any,
sends e-mail notification about it and deletes the virus mail.
To turn on AntiVirus for a specific mailbox:
1. Click the mailbox e-mail address in the "E-mail" list on the
maildomain Controls page.
2. In the "MAILBOX" section check the "AntiVirus" box.
3. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.
Signing in a Mailbox
To send and receive mail from your mailbox you should sign in. This
can be done from your control panel by clicking the "Launch Webmail"
icon in the mailbox's "Properties" entry:
Provided you signed up for a Unix/Linux plan, you can also sign in
your mailbox from outside your control panel by entering http://YOUR_WEB_SERVER_IP
in your browsers Address field and clicking the IMP-mail client link
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