The Mailboxes section can be accessed by selecting Email Control on the top level navigation system and Mailboxes on the section sub menu.

A POP3 mailbox is essentially a password protected area on our server in which you store your mail. POP3 mailboxes can be created and configured using the Mailboxes page.

Creating A Mailbox

To create a mailbox click Create Mailbox on the Mailboxes page. On the following screen enter the name for the mailbox, this is the part of the email address before the @ sign which should be no more than 20 characters long and may consist of lower case letters, numbers and ‘.’ only. Enter a password to be used to access this mailbox which should be between 5 and 20 characters long and may consist of letters and numbers only. Click Create Mailbox to create this mailbox on the system.

Changing A Mailbox Password

To change the password that is used to access a mailbox, click the Change Password link corresponding to the mailbox in the listing on the Mailboxes page. Enter a new password which should be between 5 and 20 characters long and may consist of letters and numbers only. Click Change Password to update the mailbox password.

Deleting A Mailbox

To delete a mailbox, click the Delete link corresponding to the mailbox in the listing on the Mailboxes page. You will be asked to confirm this action before the mailbox is actually deleted. On confirmation the mailbox including its contents will be erased from the system.

Accessing A Mailbox

To collect email from a POP3 account you need to configure your email program correctly. The settings you need to configure are as follows.

Incoming (POP) Server  

pop.castus.co.uk  
 
Outgoing (SMTP) Server

Contact your ISP  

Username   

The username for a mailbox can be obtained from the Mailboxes page

Password

The password you specified when creating the mailbox

From Address

This is the address shown in the ‘from’ field of messages that you send. You should specify your new email address at your domain (i.e. yourname@domain.co.uk) here in order to present the most professional image.

You can also access your email on the move via the Castus Website. Please contact your Castus representative if you require further support.

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