Settings

Enabled - check this box to enable the GetMail interface. If the PageGate server is already running before you check this box, you will need to manually start this interface by right-clicking on 'GetMail' and choosing 'Start' from the popup menu. The next time the PageGate server is started, this interface will startup automatically.

Local Domain - This is the domain name to be used by PageGate when receiving email. This is an internet domain name, not a Microsoft networking domain. Only email with an address in this domain will be accepted by PageGate. This setting must be a valid domain name for to work properly (Note: an IP address can be used here instead of a domain name, if email is addressed to match. This is commonly done during testing when a domain name has not yet been assigned to this machine).

Postmaster - the Postmaster setting is an email address to where all warnings, alerts, an bad messages are sent. It is very useful to set this field to an email address that can be collected by PageGate's administrator. The email address set here can either be a mailbox maintained by PageGate, or a mailbox on another mail server. Leaving this field blank will drop all messages that would normally go to the postmaster.

Relay All Mail - checking this option will force PageGate to deliver all outbound email messages to a specific email server rather than trying to deliver them to the actual destination server. This is commonly used with a slow connection or when PageGate is behind a firewall. It is then the responsibility of the relay mail server to deliver all the outbound messages to their actual destinations.

Relay Server - if the 'Relay All Mail' option is chosen, you must enter the name of a mail server here. You may also use this entry if 'Relay All Mail' is not checked. In this scenario, any messages that are unable to be sent directly to their destination by PageGate, will be sent to the relay mail server.

DNS Server 1 & 2 - If you are not using a relay server, then PageGate must deliver email directly to its destination. PageGate uses these DNS servers to lookup the mail server that hosts the mailboxes that outbound email is addressed to.

Email Outcome - when this box is checked, an email message will be sent back to the message's sender, with the outcome of the delivery attempt to its carrier.

POP Interval - If PageGate is setup to use 'Domain POP Mail Collection' or if any of PageGate's recipients are setup to collect mail from remote POP mailboxes, this is the interval at which collection takes place.

Dial-Up Networking Settings - this is where you can setup PageGate to use Dial-Up Networking to connect to the internet for mail collection.

Ad-Hoc Mail Settings - if PageGate should accept email addressed to the ID/PIN number of the recipient (i.e. 1347652@mypagers.com), this is where you can set that up.

Domain POP Mail Settings - PageGate can be setup to collect all the mail for an entire domain from a single POP mailbox. This is where those settings are made.