Incoming E-Mail Account

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General

Security

Miscellaneous

 

 

This group of option defines properties for receiving e-mail massages from a mail server.

 

 

General

Mail server address

An address of an external mail server which normally looks like pop.company.com or imap.company.com (depending on the protocol selected) or an IP address. Please consult relevant documentation for mail server address used by the mail server you intend to use.

Mail server port

A port that AnyFileBackup will use to access the mail server. The common server ports are 110 (for POP3 Regular and STARTTLS protocols) and 995 (for POP3 TLS protocol). Please consult relevant documentation for port number used by the mail server you intend to use.

User name

A log in name that is used to access the mail server. Please note that it may or may not include mail server name itself. It may be just (without quotes) 'username' OR 'username@mailserver.com'.

Password

A secret combination of symbols that is used to access your server, computer, or account.

Confirm password

Retype the password to confirm that it was entered correctly.

 

 

Security

Protocol

A system protocol via which AnyFileBackup receives e-mails from the mail server. The following protocols are supported:

 

POP3

 

IMAP

 

Please consult relevant documentation for protocol type that is used by the mail server you intend to use.

Authentication type

A method of authorisation that the mail server will accept. The following methods are available:

 

Plain text login

 

APOP

 

AUTH LOGIN (uses Base64 encoding)

 

AUTH CRAM-MD5

 

AUTH CRAM-SHA1
Security mode

A type of connection to the mail server. The following methods are available:

 

None

 

Implicit (TLS Connection)

 

Explicit (STARTTLS)

 

 

Miscellaneous

Account name

A name of the current account that will be displayed in account list. If left blank, the address (or number, or user name, or account ID, as the case may be) from General section above will be used as the account name.

Notes

Any notes related to this account.

Used by the following tasks

A list of tasks that use this account.

Account ID

A unique identification number that may be used as a macro string parameter. This value cannot be changed.

Created

A calendar date and time when this account was created. This value cannot be changed.

Modified

A calendar date and time when any of the properties of this account has been changed. This value changes automatically and cannot be changed manually.

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