Configuring POP3 email to access Messaging mailbox:

About this task

How do I use [POP3 email program] to access my Messaging mailbox?

Instead of using Message Manager or the Telephone User Interface (TUI), you can now check your messages using [POP3 email program].

Note

If [POP3 email program] does not have a "Leave messages on server" option, it is NOT RECOMMENDED for retrieving messages from your Messaging mailbox.

Follow these steps under the [menu option or tab settings, customize for your site's POP3 email program]:

Change the POP3 user name to [3 to 10]-digit extension [or to extension/nomove, for example 56789/nomove].
* If user name is extension, each time [POP3 email program] accesses your Messaging mailbox, all "new" messages are moved to the "old" category and the message waiting lamp is turned off.

*If user name is extension/nomove, new messages remain as "new" (and the message waiting lamp stays on) until the user moves them from the "new" category to "old" or to a personal directory. A user could accomplish such a move by using the telephone user interface (TUI) or Message Manager.
Change the [outgoing mail or SMTP] server to [host.domain].
Change the [incoming mail or POP3] server to [host.domain].
Select the ["Leave messages on server" or your program's similar] option.
Set the "Reply to:
" or "email address" field to [first.last@host.domain.]
Set the ["check for new messages"] to [10 minutes or greater].
To retrieve messages, click the ["Get Mail"] option.
Enter your Messaging mailbox password at the prompt.
Process outgoing and incoming email messages.