Re: [cobalt-users] AnyWord@ E-Mails

[Kul <WebMaster@xxxxxxx>]

TrooperPX@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I have a unique e-mail at the bottom of every page.  This way I can tell
> where someone was when they had a question.  My old ISP set it up so they
> could type "<anyword>@mydomain.com" and have it forwarded to my AOL address.
> Can I set this up for each of my virtual sites on the Cobalt?  Do I need to
> have Users?  Do I need List Management?  In the Site Settings, what is POP
> and SSL?
>
> New & Confused,
>
> David
> TrooperPX@xxxxxxx

David
My Thoughts, but Im sure others may be able to offer other suggestions:

You will need to ensure you have the "Accept Email for Domain" checked in the Site Settings for the relevant domain(s).
You will need to setup at least one account for each domain, and then do the following:
Set the site admin account for the domain in question to accept all email - "User Management" / "Modify Email" (envelope icon), then into the "Forward Email To" box, enter your AOL email address, then in the "Email Aliases" box, enter @www.yourdomain.com  Ensuring you have the "www" or other hostname.
Then as you required, you can put any email address at the domain on your html pages and they will all be delivered to the newly created site admin account which in turn are forwarded to your AOL account.

List Management, I dont think this will be required for this little task

POP in the SiteManegent, "Enable Secure POP3 (APOP)" - POP means Post Office Protocol, and its one of the most widely used standard protocols used for email collection, the APOP is Authenticated POP, this is slightly different, in that some encryption is involved.

SSL  (pinched from http://webopedia.internet.com/)
Short for Secure Sockets Layer, a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet. SSL works by using a private key to encrypt data that's transferred over the SSL connection. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers. By convention, Web pages that require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:.
Another protocol for transmitting data securely over the World Wide Web is Secure HTTP (S-HTTP). Whereas SSL creates a secure connection between a client and a server, over which any amount of data can be sent securely, S-HTTP is designed to transmit individual messages securely. SSL and S-HTTP, therefore, can be seen as complementary rather than competing technologies. Both protocols have been approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a standard.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Kul (Raq549)