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4. Configuring NetProxy Service
4.10. POP3 Gateway Service
The POP3 gateway allows mail-reader software to retrieve e-mail through NetProxy from any POP3 mail server. A POP3 ‘divider’ character is defined in NetProxy to separate the username portion of an address from the POP3 server name. By default, the divider character is a hash symbol (“#”).
If you had a POP3 mailbox called “johndoe” on a server named “mail.somewhere.net”, you would set up your mail software as follows:-
POP3 Server:
192.168.0.1 (or whatever the IP address of your NetProxy PC is)
POP3 Username: johndoe#mail.somewhere.net
You may also specify a Default POP3 Server in NetProxy. This is the name of a POP3 server that is used if no divider character and server name is specified in the client mail software. For example, if you set the Default POP3 Server setting to “mail.somewhere.net”, the mail software settings for the above example could be simplified to:-
POP3 Server:
192.168.0.1 (or whatever the IP address of your NetProxy PC
is)
POP3 Username: johndoe (no need to specify the POP3
serve, as we are using NetProxy’s default).
Obviously, the above settings would break if you where to alter the Default POP3 server setting in NetProxy.
The POP3 Gateway configuration dialog appears below. More information on each setting is given below the picture.
Local
Port
Specifies the TCP port number that the POP3 gateway service should run on. Port
110 is the standard port for POP3.
Bind To
Interface
Allows you to select a specific IP interface that NetProxy should bind the
service to. Any connection attempts not received on this IP address will be
blocked by the operating system before they even reach NetProxy's
firewall.
Divider
Character
Specifies the character that is used to separate the mail account name from the
POP3 server name in mail client software.
Default POP3
Server
Specifies the default POP3 server. This server name is used if no divider
character and server name are specified in the mail client.