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Email Servers Process Your Email
By Joan Kickosawa
Email servers can be a bit confusing if you do not know the basics.
Most people never need to know anything beyond what their email
program requires when setting it up in the beginning. If you are
using an online email service, such as Yahoo, Hotmail or Gmail,
then you may not even need to know anything about your server.
But as sure as anything else in life, if it breaks down, then
you are going to need a crash course on what makes your email
server work and what can potentially go wrong with a problem server.
Solving Problems With Email Servers
Your email servers are what actually sends and stores the information
from your messages. If you use more storage space than you are
allowed, then you will have the problem of emails bouncing back
or not knowing if the other person received the information.
You will have to delete messages from your mailbox and possibly
the server if you want to avoid problems. If you do not know how
to delete from the server, then you may want to review your email
client's help section.
You may have heard of some servers, such as the Linux mail server,
the Merak mail server, the Kerio mail server, a POP3 mail server
and the ever popular Microsoft Exchange Server used in hotmail
and MSN mail. These are some commonly used servers.
Deleting Email From The Server
You must know how to delete emails off the server just in case
you are using something other than an internet server. Sometimes,
just deleting the email from the In box or Out box is not enough.
It may not delete the email from the actual server.
If you are using Outlook or another stand alone email program
that downloads mail from the internet and through a server, then
there are ways to go into the server and delete the mail.
If the client server does not automatically delete them, then
you will have to go in manually. If you do not know how to delete
manually, and the technical walk-thru's are confusing, then you
can always contact your system administrator who monitors and
takes care of your email that way.
Deleting Old Emails
Of course, having someone else fix the problem by deleting old
emails is a great way to go especially if you are not quite the
technological guru you wish you were or you do not have administrative
rights to your email servers.
Having your emails returned can be a big hassle, but at least
you will know what is going on and what to check out first. If
you want to fix the problem yourself, then you can always find
people willing to help you out.
About the Author:
Joan Kickosawa has written a number of articles on computers and
software including Incoming
Mail Server, POP3
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Did You Know This?
What types of incoming email servers are there?
There are two primary types of email servers for
incoming mail that people and businesses use. These are POP3 and IMAP.
POP3 is Post Office Protocol version 3 and IMAP stands for Internet
Message Access Protocol. POP3 has entrenched itself in place due to
its easy of use and simplistic setup. IMAP is a newer protocol and
has many desirable features that POP3 does not offer
What is an outgoing email server?
An outgoing email server
is responsible for delivering your message to
the appropriate location. SMTP (Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol) is the standard for transmitting
messages across the Internet. Where as, the incoming
email server has to worry about who you are, and where
to keep your messages, the outgoing email server has but
one job: delivery.
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