MyServer.org SmartPOP
MailCatcher Service
How
does SmartPOP MailCatcher Service work?
How to set up the
SmartPOP MailCatcher Service.
Can
I set up the SMartPop MailCatcher to relay my SMTP and POP
traffic?
How
do I get my E-Mail that was picked up by the SmartPOP MailCatcher
Service?
How
does SmartPOP MailCatcher Service work?
The SmartPOP MailCatcher service is a tool designed to catch
your E-Mail in the event your mail server or Internet connection
goes down. If such an event happens our mail server will begin
collecting your E-Mail and hold on to it until your mail server
comes back online (our server will only hold mail for 7 days.
After 7 days the mail is automatically deleted and lost forever).
When your mail server comes back online, our server will detect
its presence and initiate a transfer of the mail just as if
it were sent directly to you from the original sender. Your
mail server then places the lost mail in the appropriate mail
boxes.
Special
Note: The SmartPOP MailCatcher service is not designed
to be used as your primary mail server. This service is to
be used only in an emergency basis when you lose your Internet
service or your mail server goes down. To reduce traffic on
our servers we have deployed a rule on the SmartPOP MailCatcher
server which will remove attachments form mail collected that
are over 75K. If an attachment is removed, there will be a
message appended to the message telling you it was removed.
When your server comes back online you can mail the sender
and ask them to resend the attachment.
How to
set up the SmartPOP MailCatcher Service.
1) Create
an A record (mail.yourdomain.com) See
creating an A record.
2) Create an MX 1 record pointing to your mail A record,
this tells other mail servers to try you first. If your server
is up you'll receive the mail directly. See
creating an MX record.
3) Create an MX 10 record pointing to our mail server smartpop.myserver.org.
This is a very important step, this will tell other mail servers
where to send mail in the event that the MX 1 (your mail server)
server is down.
If your
SmartPOP server does catch mail for you we will automatically
try to send the mail to whatever you have set for your Mail
A record. It is very important that you create this record.
Can I
set up the SMartPop MailCatcher to relay my SMTP and POP traffic?
Not at this
time. We do plan on offering this service in the near future.
How
do I get E-Mail that was picked up by the SmartPOP MailCatcher
Service?
There is
no intervention required on your part. Our SmartPOP server will automatically
try to send the lost mail to the server which your mail A record points to.
This should be mail.yourdomain.com.
For more information or to post questions or comments about
the use of our products please visit our Online Support
Forum.