Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of faq/email/avoid-forward
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- Jun 3, 2014, 12:17:59 PM (10 years ago)
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faq/email/avoid-forward
v4 v5 12 12 The best solution to this problem is to have email delivered to your May First/People link accounts, rather than forwarding your email to another email address (directions for creating email accounts are [wiki:add_email_address_to_account here]). 13 13 14 If you already have an email client that you know and love (be it a webmail client or desktop client) you should ''continue'' using that email client! Just because you deliver your email to May First/People Link does not mean that you have to use our webmail system! On the contrary. Most modern email programs, including webmail programs, allow you to specify what is known as a "POP" server or an external server that can co-exist with your existing email settings. You can configure your email client to simply pull in your email from our servers directly (the main information required to configure and email program to "POP" our email can be found [wiki:configure_email here]). Then, your May First/People Link email and your existing email will all land in your inbox, just as it does when you forward your email.14 If you already have an email client that you know and love (be it a webmail client or desktop client) you should ''continue'' using that email client! Just because you deliver your email to May First/People Link does not mean that you have to use our webmail system! On the contrary. Most modern email programs, including webmail programs, allow you to specify what are known as a [wiki:pop-vs-imap "POP" or "IMAP" servers] (external servers that can co-exist with your existing email settings). You can configure your email client to simply pull in your email from our servers directly (the main information required to configure an email program to use "IMAP" or "POP" email servers can be found [wiki:faq/email/configure-email here]). Then, your May First/People Link email and your existing email will all land in your inbox, just as it does when you forward your email. 15 15 16 16 Please use this method! It will ensure that you receive all of your email, it will avoid having our servers blocked by anyone, and it will guarantee that your email, at least in the initial delivery, is being handled by a provider politically sensitive to your mission.