Archive for the 'Email' Category



iPhone Email Configuration

Published on July 30, 2008

Please review the included screenshots to configure your iPhone to use YVOD’s email services.

Settings / Mail, Contacts, Calendars / Accounts
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SMTP

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Advanced
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Authentication
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Note: It is possible that you will need to set Authentication to Password instead of MD5 Challenge-Response. I have also found that even when I make this change in Authentication, sometimes it only works after I shut the phone off and then power it on again.

I suspect that the phone will go out
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Help! I’m Getting Too Much Spam!!!

Published on October 15, 2007

YVOD works very hard to get rid of spam. Unfortunately, spammers work very hard to get past our efforts. We run every single message through our spam filters but some spam still gets through. You have three good options:

1) Download email to your computer and run additional spam checking locally

This is YVOD’s preferred option as local clients have excellent spam filters. Unfortunately, this options does nothing to help with devices that do not have spam filters (iPhone).

2) Forward email to a free online service (Gmail, Yahoo)

They have fantastic spam filters but read all your email so they can spam you with ads. One client received offers for Viagra from Google because
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Is “Spam Detection” Right For You?

Published on October 11, 2007

Do you check your mail by logging into webmail at http://your-domain/mail?

Spam Detection

If you DO, check the Spam Detection box.

If you DO NOT, do not check the Spam Detection box.

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That’s the simple answer. The longer answer is that all email that comes to your domain from the outside world goes through a spam filtering process. EVERY SINGLE MESSAGE is marked as spam or not spam.

When you check the “Spam Detection” box, messages marked as spam go into your online Spam folder. The ONLY way to review them is by logging into http://your-domain/mail and then looking within your Spam folder. You can not see these messages any other way. (This makes sense since they
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Forwarding Domain Email

Published on October 8, 2007

When you forward your YVOD-hosted domain email to another non-YVOD account, YVOD does NOT keep a copy of the email message. YVOD has no way to help you with email problems when you forward email.

A much better solution is to configure your email application (Apple Mail, Outlook, Gmail, etc) to check your YVOD account and grab the mail off our servers. YVOD makes weekly backups of all email so if you leave the messages on our server for a week, you will have a backup.

How nice. How sweet. How easy =)


Gmail and YVOD Mail

Published on October 7, 2007

All YVOD email accounts use industry standard POP3 mail accounts. Gmail has a great ability to grab your mail automatically off YVOD servers. This means that you can continue to enjoy the benefits of your very own personalized email yet use the power of Google. Here’s what you do:

1) Log into your Gmail account and click the “Settings” tab in the upper right corner.

2) Click the “Accounts” tab.

3) Click the “Add another mail account” link and follow the instructions.

You will need the following information:

Email address: <your full email address>
Username: <your full email address>
Password: <your password>
POP Server: mail.your-domain
Port: 110

Gmail and YVOD Mail


Inbox Zero

Published on September 8, 2007

Inbox Zero
Action-based Email

I got turned onto this a few weeks back by Henning. I immediately got hooked and have since spread the word to others. The folks who actually watch the video and then follow his advice have seen dramatic improvements in their email productivity. The ideas are great and the delivery in the video is easy to follow. I suggest you give it a whirl.

The first 32 minutes of the video are Merlin Mann’s talk and then he opens the floor for questions. The video above is linked to a cool version of the talk that has the slideshow on the right. You can easily jump back and forth
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How-to Configure Your Email

Published on July 28, 2007

YVOD gives you all the control you need over your email accounts. All domains have a single Postmaster account that can be used to set-up and modify all email accounts. Please contact us if you have any questions.

1) General Overview
2) Postmaster
3) Create a new email account
4) Catchall accounts
5) Aliases and forwards
6) Modify email accounts
7) Notes

1) General Overview

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How-To Set Up Apple Mail And Send Email From Anywhere

Published on May 11, 2007

Apple includes a free email application called “Mail” with every new Macintosh computer they sell. it is quite easy to set up and use. Below you will find instructions along with screenshots on how to set up Apple Mail.

These instructions can be used as a general guide to setting up any email application including Eudora,


How-To Block Spam Using Reverse DNS Lookup

Published on February 14, 2007

Spammers use fake “From” addresses in the spam they send. Forging the “From”" field give spammers anonymity along with something else they crave:

Spammers do not want emails bounced back to them!

Forged Email

When a spam message does not have a valid address (eg: unknown@yvod.com), that message is supposed to be returned (bounced) to the sender notifying them that the message was undeliverable.

However, if the sender “From” address is forged, the message will be bounced to the forged email address allowing the spammer gets away clean. Unfortunately, the person who had their email forged gets all the non-delivered junk. Yuck!

Reverse DNS Lookup

As a means of avoiding this behavior YVOD has installed a Reverse DNS Lookup filter for all email to stop spam
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