<p>Third party email accounts i.e. Gmail or Hotmatl can be accessed through the portal web mail using POP.  Users can view, reply, forward, delete or move the mail item into their portal inbox.</p>
<p>On the main Email Screen, in the lower-left hand corner there is a POP Accounts panel. </p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Creating a POP Account</strong></span></p>
<p>To begin, click on the '+' symbol in order to set up a new POP Account. </p>
<p> <img src="images/articles/mail-popaccounts-new.jpg" /></p>
<p>You will need to know the following information in order to successfully create the account.</p>
<p> <img src="images/articles/mail-popaccount-setup.jpg" /></p>
<p><strong>Mail Server</strong></p>
<p>The Mail Server is the server's address you are trying to connect to (ie, mail.company.com)</p>
<p><strong>UserName</strong></p>
<p>The User Name is required to Login to your external Mail Server.</p>
<p><strong>Password</strong></p>
<p>The Password associated with the User Name is required to Login to your external Mail Server.</p>
<p><strong>Port</strong></p>
<p>The Port is automatically populated with the Standard POP port of 110.  Most Mail Hosts require Port 110 or Port 995 (SSL) to connect via POP.</p>
<p><strong>E-Mail Address</strong></p>
<p>This is the Email Address you would like recipients of Emails Composed from this POP Account to see when they receive the Email.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Note:</span></strong> When the POP Account is created and when composing an Email normally, this Email Address is listed in the 'From Address' dropdown on the Email Composition screen.</p>
<p><strong>Set as default</strong></p>
<p>The 'Set as default' checkbox allows you to auto-select the Email Address you specified above as your main Sending Address whenever you Compose an Email.</p>
<p><strong>Save</strong></p>
<p>This button creates the POP Account with the information specified in the above fields.  The POP Account will then be listed in the POP Account View in the lower-left hand side of the Mail Section.</p>
<p><strong>Cancel</strong></p>
<p>Pressing this button will clear any information not saved, and return you to the Mail Section screen.</p>
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<h3>Right Click Actions</h3>
<p><strong>Delete</strong></p>
<p>Clicking 'Delete' will remove the selected POP account from your interface and will not be accessible until recreated.  Deleting a POP Account will not remove any of the mail located within the account.</p>
<p><img src="images/articles/mail-popaccounts-rightclick-delete.jpg" /></p>
<p><strong>Edit</strong></p>
<p>Clicking 'Edit' will open the Settings pane for the selected POP account.</p>
<p><img src="images/articles/mail-popaccounts-rightclick-edit.jpg" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Using a POP Account</strong></span></p>
<p>Once created, all you need to do is select the new POP Account that shows up in the POP Account panel. </p>
<p>The interface should look very familiar, and you can interact with the emails much like you can in your normal mail sections.</p>
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