email accounts?

outfctrl · 12-11-01, 06:24 PM

I am sure this has been brought up, but I cant find it. My girfriend wants an email acct. using my domain(she wants to feel special), but when I set it up, she has access to my email too. I assigned her her own username and password. Still, my stuff shows up when she logs into webmail. Is there a way she can have her own email acct. without seeing mine? (ahem)if you know what I mean. Anyways, I have not been able to do this.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Barry

12-11-01, 07:58 PM

First of all ... change your password -- if you get my drift

Next, assuming that your girlfriend's name is Esmerelda, sign on to your main account in OPS and go to the POP3 section and create a new user named esmerelda (all lowercase). Give her a password (she can change it later).

Next, go to the SMTP section of OPS and add an alias of her choice (e.g. "bubbles@<yourdomain>"). As a forwarding address, put esmerelda.

Now, any email sent to "bubbles@<yourdomain>" (or whatever she wants her email address to be) will be automatically plopped into esmerelda's mailbox.

After all of this is working, she can go to http://mail.<yourdomain> and enter esmerelda for the username and whatever password you set up for her.

Because you changed your password, she can't read your mail.

You can have fun e-mailing each other, however.

Hope this helps

Tom

outfctrl · 12-11-01, 08:05 PM

Thanks guy....let me try that.
but, do I have to change my password everytime I set up another acct?

12-11-01, 08:08 PM

It's not a rule. It's just a good idea to change your password if you have told it to somebody else and you don't want that person to know it anymore

12-11-01, 06:24 PM	#1
outfctrl Lost in Space Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Jacksonville, Fl Posts: 119 Reputation: 5	email accounts? I am sure this has been brought up, but I cant find it. My girfriend wants an email acct. using my domain(she wants to feel special), but when I set it up, she has access to my email too. I assigned her her own username and password. Still, my stuff shows up when she logs into webmail. Is there a way she can have her own email acct. without seeing mine? (ahem)if you know what I mean. Anyways, I have not been able to do this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Barry __________________ Reality is an illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol

12-11-01, 07:58 PM	#2
fcsnc Guest Posts: n/a	Well Sure! First of all ... change your password -- if you get my drift Next, assuming that your girlfriend's name is Esmerelda, sign on to your main account in OPS and go to the POP3 section and create a new user named esmerelda (all lowercase). Give her a password (she can change it later). Next, go to the SMTP section of OPS and add an alias of her choice (e.g. "bubbles@<yourdomain>"). As a forwarding address, put esmerelda. Now, any email sent to "bubbles@<yourdomain>" (or whatever she wants her email address to be) will be automatically plopped into esmerelda's mailbox. After all of this is working, she can go to http://mail.<yourdomain> and enter esmerelda for the username and whatever password you set up for her. Because you changed your password, she can't read your mail. You can have fun e-mailing each other, however. Hope this helps Tom

12-11-01, 08:05 PM	#3
outfctrl Lost in Space Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Jacksonville, Fl Posts: 119 Reputation: 5	ok Thanks guy....let me try that. but, do I have to change my password everytime I set up another acct? __________________ Reality is an illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol

12-11-01, 08:08 PM	#4
fcsnc Guest Posts: n/a	You're welcome It's not a rule. It's just a good idea to change your password if you have told it to somebody else and you don't want that person to know it anymore