Email help

What is an email alias?

An alias is an email address that attaches to an existing POP3 email address. You attach an alias to an existing POP3 mailbox where all incoming mail for the POP3 and attached aliases will arrive. When you check for new mail at this mailbox, you will also receive the mail from any email aliases attached to it. You can attach as many aliases to a mailbox as you wish.

What is a POP3 address?

A POP3 address is a mailbox/email address which can stand alone and has its own login user name and password. Used as a stand-alone account without any aliases attached, it can be a personal or business-personal email address which receives and sends specific mail. It can be individually security protected with a password. Your first UKF email address is a POP3 account.

What is a hostname?

A hostname goes after the @-sign in the email address, but before the .ukf.net part. You don’t need to use a hostname but some users like to further individualise their email addresses with, perhaps, company names, street names or simply their second name. For example, a family might want to use the name ‘smith’ as their hostname. You then have the option of setting up email addresses such as david@smith.ukf.net, or you can receive all the mail sent to ...@smith.ukf.net in one mailbox, using any name in front of the @-sign. The hostname you select for your email addressing will be used for your web-space should you decide to use it, eg www.hostname.ukf.net.

How do I receive all mail sent to a hostname in one mailbox?

Simple. When setting up a new POP3 mailbox, don’t enter a user name, then select the hostname you want to receive all incoming mail on. Now, any name in front of the ...@hostname.ukf.net will arrive in one mailbox. (This is subject to the hostname being wholly available and no other user has selected to also receive their mail on this hostname.

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