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|IMAP or POP3

|We recommend IMAP but you can also use POP3. IMAP is ideal when using many computers/phones to access email. [[~~POP3_or_IMAP_~~(What'~~s_the_Difference~~)|Read more here]].

|We recommend IMAP but you can also use POP3. IMAP is ideal when using many computers/phones to access email. [[POP3 or IMAP (What's the Difference)|Read more here]].

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==Junk Mail Checking==

We check for known viruses and reject any emails that contain one. The other important step we carry out is to check if the email appears to be spam (junk mail). We give the email a score. If the score if very high we reject it. If it is very low if goes in to your mailbox. In between we put [SPAM] in the subject and will put it in your mailbox. Each mailbox ~~can have~~ separate folders and ~~if you have a spam folder~~ we put the likely spam email in ~~there~~ for you. We also delete email from the spam folder after a while to stop it being cluttered up. If you have not seen an email you are expecting check the spam folder. The level that is considered very high or very low is configurable per mailbox on our control pages for your domain.

We check for known viruses and reject any emails that contain one. The other important step we carry out is to check if the email appears to be spam (junk mail). We give the email a score. If the score if very high we reject it. If it is very low if goes in to your mailbox. In between we put [SPAM] in the subject and will put it in your mailbox. Each mailbox has separate folders and we put the likely spam email in your spam folder for you. We also delete email from the spam folder after a while to stop it being cluttered up. If you have not seen an email you are expecting check the spam folder. The level that is considered very high or very low is configurable per mailbox on our control pages for your domain.

==Running Your Own DNS==

If you ~~configure~~ your own DNS and want to use our email service, the top MX to define ~~for~~ ~~incoming email is your domain followed by~~ incoming-mail.co.uk, ~~e.g.~~ ~~example~~.~~com~~.~~incoming-mail.co~~.uk. If ~~using~~ ~~our~~ ~~DNS~~ we ~~normally~~ ~~set~~ up MX ~~records~~ ~~for you, but if you have to put these back set the MX record to secondary-mx.co.uk~~.

If you run your own DNS and want to use our email service, the top MX to define would be: '''incoming-mail.aa.net.uk''', and you'd use mail.aa.net.uk (as above) in your email program's POP or IMAP server setting.

==Legacy Settings==