Editing Mailboxes

Once created, the details of a mailbox are able to be edited if they have changed, or you wish to alter the details of the mailbox's reply handlers.

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Editing a Mailbox

To edit a mailbox:

  1. Navigate to the Company Admin screen.

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  2. Click on the Inbound Messaging sub-menu in the menu bar on the left, followed by the Mailboxes menu option. The Mailboxes screen appears.

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  3. Click on the desired mailbox name link from the list of mailboxes or click on the Edit icon (images/download/attachments/56624405/ico_pencil.png ) beside the desired mailbox. The Edit Mailbox screen appears displaying the details of the mailbox.

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  4. Edit the mailbox details:

    • Name: The internal name for the mailbox

    • Description: A description for the mailbox

    • Status: The current status of the mailbox (i.e. 'Active' or 'Inactive')

    • Hostname: The hostname associated with the mailbox

    • Email: The email address associated with the mailbox

    • Username: The user name used externally to log into the mailbox

    • Password: The password for the user name to log into the mailbox

    • Protocol: The email protocol used for the mailbox (i.e. 'POP3', 'IMAP' or 'GMAIL IMAP')

    • SSL: Indicates whether the mailbox uses SSL or not

    • Secure: Indicates whether the mailbox uses a secure connection or not

  5. Select or deselect any reply handlers that will apply to the mailbox if necessary:

    • EMAIL AUTO REPLY HANDLER

    • EMAIL CHALLENGE REPLY HANDLER

    • EMAIL SPAM FBL REPLY HANDLER

    • EMAIL CHANGE TO TEXT HANDLER

    • EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBE HANDLER

    • EMAIL DOUBLE PERMISSIONS HANDLER

    • EMAIL CONTEXT NOT FOUND HANDLER

    • UNEXPECTED REPLY HANDLER

    • EMAIL TEMPORARY BOUNCE HANDLER

    • EMAIL PERSISTENT BOUNCE HANDLER

    • SMS CONTEXT NOT FOUND HANDLER

    • SMS PERSISTENT BOUNCE HANDLER

    • SMS UNSUBSCRIBE HANDLER

    • SMS DOUBLE PERMISSIONS HANDLER

    • KNOWN MAILBOX HANDLER

    • SMS KEYWORD HANDLER

  6. To test the login connection using the entered mailbox details, click the Test Connection button. If the connection is a success, the details for the mailbox have been entered correctly. If the connection fails, review the mailbox details and correct the errors.

  7. To cancel without saving the changes to the mailbox, click the Cancel button. The Mailboxes screen appears. The details for the mailbox are not saved.

  8. Click the Save button. The Mailboxes screen appears. The changes to the mailbox are saved.