Many of us have several different e-mail accounts. In this User’s PowerTip, we’ll discuss how to use Zimbra to aggregate mail from other servers. This way, you only have to open one e-mail account to see all of your mail.
User’s PowerTip #4: July 10, 2007
Introduction:
The Zimbra Web Client as well as the upcoming Zimbra Desktop release, have the ability to connect to another e-mail server to retreive your e-mail. This way, you can view all of your e-mail using only one account.
Zimbra uses POP access to access external e-mail accounts. Many e-mail providers support POP access, and you will need to check with your service provider to verify your configuration.
POP Accounts:
To access this feature, login to the Zimbra Web Client, and click on Options.
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Once in the Options section, you will see several tabs. Click on the one labeled, "POP Accounts" |
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To add an account, click "Add" at the bottom left. |
| Account name- Give your other mail account a name such as "Home" or "Other work" |
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| Place messages in folder- Where do you want Zimbra to place your messages? Most people place them into another folder other than Inbox. You can change this by clicking on "Inbox". |
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| When downloading messages- When Zimbra downloads the messages from the remote server, it can remove them for you. If you wish for them to stay there, leave this option alone. |
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| Incoming mail server- Where is Zimbra going to get the messages from? You’ll need to get this value from your system administrator. |
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| Username- Your other account’s username | |
| Password- Your other account’s password. | |
| Use SSL to connect securely- Some e-mail servers require a Secure connection before the Zimbra server can get the messages. Check this box if needed. |
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| Port- Typically 110, but you should verify that with you system administrator. |
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| Create a new identity for this account- Zimbra can send messages as if they came from the remote server. Check this box to enable this feature. |
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| When done, click Save at the upper left. | |
More Information :
Zimbra Forums - http://www.zimbra.com/forums
Zimbra Wiki - http://wiki.zimbra.com/
on July 20th, 2007 at 2:37 am
Sorry but what version of ZCS are you referring to? I installed zcs-NETWORK-4.5.6_GA but I see no such tab under options. And i would need that, really.
EDITOR: This will be part of Zimbra 5.0 -KevinH
on October 9th, 2007 at 3:15 am
Is it possibly to send messages using that identity?
It is possible on 01.com’s Zimbra but not possible in 4.5.8 Open-source version.
(i.e.Zimbra’s domain is xxx.com, I add identity aaa@bbb.com and want to send mails with From:aaaa@bbb.com (let’s assume that bbb.com’s SPF policy doesn’t restrict this).
on December 26th, 2007 at 2:10 am
how about scheduling for download messages?
I want automatically download messages from my another account, but in this setting, I must press “Get mail” to download my messages from my another account