Using PageGate with a registered domain name, a static IP address, and a dedicated internet connection.

Advantages - This is the most efficient way to use PageGate in regards to both speed of message delivery, and use of computer resources. When configured this way, PageGate can also act as the primary mail server for your organization.

Disadvantages - Dedicated internet connections can sometimes be costly.

Here are the necessary settings to run PageGate this way:

On the 'Interfaces' > 'GetMail' > 'Settings' screen:

- Make sure the 'Enabled' box is checked.
- A valid domain name that is to be used by PageGate mail service should be entered in the 'Domain Name' field. PageGate will expect all incoming mail to be addressed to this domain name. PageGate will not relay mail addressed to other domains.
- A 'Postmaster' address can be entered if desired. This email address can be a local PageGate recipient, or the address of an email account on another mail server. It will receive information about all warnings, alerts, and failures produced by the email interface. If this field is left blank, these messages simply won't be sent to anyone.
- If the 'Email Outcome' option is checked, an email message will be sent back to the sender of each message with the result of its delivery to the paging carrier (successful or failed).
- Check 'Relay All Mail' if you don't want PageGate to deliver email to its final destination, but would prefer it to spool all outbound email to another mail server. This is commonly used with a slow internet connection to spool mail to an ISP's mail server, or if PageGate is used in conjunction with another existing mail server.
- The 'Relay Server' is the name or IP Address of a mail server to be used if the 'Relay All Mail' option is checked. If this address is set, and the 'Relay All Mail' option is not checked, it is used if PageGate is unable to deliver any messages directly to their destination.
- If PageGate is not set to 'Relay All Mail', then you must provide the IP Address for at least one DNS server. PageGate requires a DNS server address so it can lookup the addresses of the domains it is to deliver email to.
- The 'POP Interval' settings is not used with this configuration (unless recipients are setup to collect mail from other mail servers).
- The 'Dial-Up Networking Settings' and 'Domain POP Mail Settings' are not necessary for this configuration.
- See the 'Ad-Hoc' section for additional information on the 'Ad-Hoc' setup screen.

On the 'Recipients' > '{recipient_name_here}' > 'Settings' screen:

- Do not choose the 'Email' option in the 'Recipient Type' section. This is only used to create email accounts that have not paging capabilities (used for everyday email).
- Make sure the 'Mail' box is checked in the 'Enabled Services' section.

On the 'Recipients' > '{recipient_name_here}' > 'Email' screen:

- Set the 'Mailbox Name' to what you want this recipient to use for an email address (don't include the domain name here). In most cases, this should be left as the recipient's name.
- If you want a copy of all messages that are sent to this recipient forwarded to another email account, enter the email address in the 'Forward Copy To' field.
- Check the 'Enable POP Access to Messages' box if you want PageGate to keep a copy of all messages received by this recipient in a local POP mailbox. These messages can be collected with any regular email client software (Outlook, Netscape, Eudora, etc.).
- If you checked the above option, enter a password to restrict access to this mailbox.
- For more information about the 'POP Mail Collection' button, see the configuration option below named 'Using PageGate without a registered domain name and using POP mail collection'
- The 'Email Aliases' screen allows you to enter one or more additional local email addresses that should be associated with this recipient. This enables this recipient to receive mail for more than one email address.