E-Mail Services

Feature	Description	Can Be Configured By
E-mail Address	An address that will process e-mail messages.	EPCS Domain Administrator
User Password	This password provides access to the e-mail box, user e-mail address configuration options and Webmail.	EPCS Domain Administrator User
Domain Administrator Password	This password provides access to all e-mail address administration options for a domain.	EPCS Domain Administrator
Box	A location on the e-mail server where e-mail messages are stored. Default size is 40 mB (40 million bytes).	EPCS Domain Administrator
Alias	An alternate name for an e-mail address. E-mail sent to the alias or actual e-mail address will be placed in the actual e-mail box. E-mail addresses displayed on Web pages are usually aliased or redirected addresses that can be easily discarded if the address is picked up by spammers (see the EPCS Avoiding Spam page).	EPCS Domain Administrator
Redirect	An e-mail redirect will cause messages to be automatically moved from one e-mail address to another.	EPCS Domain Administrator User
Group	An e-mail group is identified with an e-mail address. When a message is sent to the e-mail group address, the server automatically forwards the message to every e-mail address in the group.	EPCS Domain Administrator User
Maillist	Maillists are similar to e-mail groups in that a single e-mail address can be used for sending messages to multiple people. However, maillists require an administrator and there are options for subscribing or unsubscribing to the maillist. A way to subscribe to a maillist is via a Web page. The maillist administrator can also delete or add maillist subscribers and it's possible to subscribe or unsubscribe by sending a message to the maillist. A password is usually required to post messages to a maillist. Messages sent to a maillist are archived and the archive can be accessed via a Web page. A maillist can be monitored, which means that the maillist administrator must approve the message before it is forwarded to subscribers or archived. Maillists are typically used by organizations to send e-mail messages to other people in the organization.	EPCS Domain Administrator
Autoresponder	The typical use of autoresponse messages is for vacation messages. Another use is for abandoned e-mail addresses. Example, an auto-response from sales@mydomain.com might read, "The e-mail address, sales@mydomain.com, has been discontinued. Please use contact-us@mydomain.com for correspondence". Note that it is highly improbable that spammers will see the autoresponse because spammers use a bogus From: address in their spam messages.	EPCS Domain Administrator User
Spam filtering	Spam filtering is included with all e-mail accounts and can be optionally turned off for an account. SpamAssassin is used for filtering. E-mail addresses can be exempted (whitelisted) from the filtering process.	EPCS Domain Administrator User
Virus Filtering	Virus filtering is optionally available for all e-mail accounts (see the EPCS Virus Filtering page).	EPCS Domain Administrator User
Webmail	Webmail is a Web based e-mail client, which can be used for processing e-mail messages still stored at the e-mail server. Webmail is often used by people, when traveling, to view, reply or compose new e-mail messages while away from the office. Webmail is very similar to other Web based e-mail services such as HotMail. To see a Webmail login screen see webmail.e-p-c-s.com.	User

E-mail Configuration for a POP3 client such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express

• E-mail address = YourAccountName@YourDomain.com
• Account name = youraccountname (All lower case letters)
• Account password = your password (This is case sensitive)
• POP3 Server = mail.yourdomain.com
• SMTP Server = mail.yourdomain.com or the SMTP server provided by your ISP. Note that some ISPs require use of their outgoing port 25 SMTP server. Contact EPCS for an alternate port number that can be used to bypass this local ISP restriction. If your ISP assigns you a dynamic IP when you connect to the Internet and you do not use your ISP's SMTP server, then you may be in violation of your service conract with your ISP and the e-mails you send may be more likely to be flagged as spam by the recipient's e-mail server. In general, if you are using a dynamic IP, then you should probably be using your ISP's SMTP for outgoing e-mail.