Looking for a guide to collect all e-mail from the ISP mail server

[Mihai Badici]

Your approach is ok but is more complicated. That's why I suggested this 
setup, which is simplest but indeed need a little help from your 
provider ( for no matter which provider, in fact).

On 10/26/20 4:16 PM, R. Diez wrote:
>
>> Why don't you configure all stuff internally and ask your provider to 
>> relay
>> the e-mails from and to you via "smart relay"?  You will communicate 
>> only via smtp and only with your provider,
> > [...]
>
> When you are a small business or a volunteer-run club or charity, you 
> don't ask your provider. You have no leverage. You may not even be 
> able to change provider so easily.
>
> Besides, the way you suggest means opening a SMTP port to the outside 
> world. A security risk and more work at the firewall etc.
>
> From what I gathered to date, there should be nothing wrong with 
> collecting e-mails from a catch-all/multidrop POP3/IMAP4 mailbox, so I 
> will carry on pursuing this method.
>
> Regards,
>   rdiez
>