Multiple Mail Accounts

The following information is only necessary if you are using a traditional proxy server. If using NAT, you don’t need to configure these.

If you have multiple email accounts in different servers, you can retrieve those mails by specifying a new user id or account name as “original_user_id#remote_server_name” (without the double-quote) or “account#remote_server_name”. For example, if your account is john and the remote pop3 mail server is “pop3.my_mail_server.net”, your account will now be “john#pop3.my_mail_server.net”. BTW, your default pop3 and smtp server are defined in the Email Daemon Advanced Configuration window in ComSocks. If you omit the appending string “#mail.my_pop3_mail.net”, you will use the default. You can set up each additional mail account accordingly in your email software. The mail server specified in the account name is only for receiving mails. For sending mails, you are still using the default smtp server. The client email software should have the gateway's ip (i.g. 192.168.0.1) in its pop3/smtp mail server(host) field. Check our on-line support for some screen pictures.

Additionally, if you want to send a mail using a different server, you need to add a port mapping for a port other than the default port 25. You are required to specify the same port number in your mail software’s smtp port. Here is an example for the port mapping:

Port Mapping’s Name
:
Send Mail Port Mapping
Proxy IP Address: Proxy Port
:
192.168.0.1 : 8025
Destination Name or IP
:
remote smtp server name or IP, i.g. smtp.my_mail_server.net
Destination Port
:
25
Messages come from sender’s Port
:
0
Proxy server uses this Port to send messages
:
0
Transport
:
tcp
Rule
:
general
Bi-directional UDP mapping
:
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In this example, the smtp proxy port is 8025, you will enter this port number into your mail software’s smtp port to replace the default number 25 (in Outlook Express, this field is in the Advanced tab of the Mail Account Properties window).