Form tabs
Use this form to modify email presentation and protocols. You do not need to modify the protocols unless you have an unusual Internet setup.
Text Style tab
Use this tab to modify the presentation of text in incoming Internet email.
Message text
The color, font, style, and size in which to display message text. For "Font", you can either choose a font or type a valid font name.
Quoted text
The color, font, style, and size in which to display quoted text. For "Font", you can either choose a font or type a valid font name.
Inbound HTML
How HTML messages are delivered and displayed in FirstClass. The options are:
• Decode and add as attachment - decode HTML message into the body of a FirstClass message and attach the original HTML message
• Decode into message body - decode HTML message into the body of a FirstClass message only
• Add as attachment- attach the HTML document only
Outbound tab
Use this tab to specify encoding for outgoing Internet email.
Enable MIME
Turns on MIME encoding for outgoing file attachments and message bodies. If you select this option, fill in the "If MIME enabled" section.
Attachments
How to encode attachments. We recommend Base64.
Mac OS attachments
How to encode an attachment that contains a resource fork. We recommend MacMIME.
Message body
The level of formatting in the message body:
• Plain Text - unformatted text
• HTML Text - text that includes HTML coding
Plain text
If you did not enable MIME, or enabled MIME but chose Plain Text at "Message body", fill in this section.
Line length
The line length above which message text lines will be wrapped.
Quote prefix
The character that will precede quoted text in messages.
SMTP tab
Use this tab to configure the SMTP protocol for incoming and outgoing Internet email.
SMTP port
The TCP port from which the SMTP module will receive its mail. Normally, you will accept the default 25. Do not change this port number unless advised to by your SMTP administrator.
Max bulk mail
The maximum number of outbound SMTP sessions that can be used to transfer mail messages with priority set to bulk.
This number must be less than the value specified in the Basic Internet Setup's "Max outgoing mail" field. Decreasing this number means messages assigned Bulk priority are more likely to wait until off-peak hours before being sent, and other messages will be sent more regularly.
Delivery retry time
The time to wait between each retry of a failed transmission.
Max delivery retries
The maximum number of times to retry a failed transmission. Some large sites (for example, aol.com) require many retries at peak periods.
SMTP general timeout
The time to wait for a command or a response to a command from an SMTP server before disconnecting.
SMTP greeting timeout
The time to wait for an initial response after attempting a connection to an SMTP server before disconnecting.
SMTP data timeout
The time to wait for message confirmations or for data during message reception before disconnecting.
POP3 tab
Use this tab to configure the POP3 protocol for serving Internet email.
POP3 port
The TCP port to which POP3 clients will connect to retrieve mail. Normally, you will accept the default 110. Do not change this port number unless advised to do so by your POP3 administrator.
SSL
Enable a security certificate for the POP3 protocol.
POP3 general timeout
The time to wait between commands from a POP3 client after the user logs in before disconnecting the client.
POP3 authorization timeout
The time to wait for an authorization request after the client connects to the server before disconnecting the client.
IMAP4 tab
Use this tab to configure the IMAP protocol for serving Internet email.
IMAP4 port
The TCP port to which IMAP4 clients will connect to retrieve mail. Normally, you will accept the default 143. Do not change this port number unless advised to by your IMAP4 administrator.
IMAP4 timeout
The time in minutes to wait between commands from the IMAP4 client after the user logs in.
SSL
Enable a security certificate for the IMAP4 protocol.
Routing tab
Use this tab to specify how outgoing email will be routed (sent to its addressed site).
Route through one server
Routes all outgoing mail to the server specified at "IP address". Any further routing must be performed on this server.
Select this in cases such as a dialup intermittent Internet connection. You do not need to select this if Internet Services delivers email directly, only if email is routed to another server before being sent to the Internet.
IP address
The IP address of the server you want all mail routed to. This is only applicable if you selected "Route through one server".
BITNET relay host
The IP address or domain name of the computer that relays any mail your users address to the BITNET network.
UUCP relay host
The IP address or domain name of the computer that relays any mail your users address to networks using UUCP (UNIX to UNIX Copy Protocol).
Limits tab
Use this tab to specify limits on inbound mail.
Max inbound sessions
Limits the number of sessions to transfer inbound SMTP.
Max bulk sessions
Limits the number of sessions to transfer mail marked as bulk for outbound SMTP.
Max import sessions
Limits the number of sessions to import POP3 mail.
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