The following section lists the current account access and control commands available to account holders. All of these commands require a “Email Address, Password” construction in the subject line. Parameters contained in [brackets] are optional. For example: “name [address]” could be entered as “Lois” alone, or with the optional parameter added (“Blake' user01@example.com”).
COMMAND
PARMS
DESCRIPTION
ACCOUNT INFO
none
The status of the account passed in the subject line is mailed back to the originator.
Ex: ACCOUNT INFO
PASSWORD
new password
The password of the account passed in the subject line will be changed to the one specified.
Ex: PASSWORD newpass
MAILFORMAT
MBF file
The mailbox storage format of the account specified in
subject line will be changed to the one specified. A listing of the
available formats can be obtained via the MAIL FORMATS command (see
General Email Controls section below).
Ex: MAILBOX RFC-822
AUTODECODE
Y/N
Automatic decoding of incoming MIME attachments for the
account specified in the subject line will be turned on or off. Y=on,
N=off.
Ex: AUTODECODE Y
BEGIN SIGNATURE
none
Begins recording of a new signature file to be appended
to messages generated by the account passed in the subject line.
Subsequent lines will be treated as the text of the signature file until
the word END is encountered on a line by itself or the end of the
control message is reached.
NOTE: The signature file feature is only
available for RAW format messages. RFC-822 mail that arrives at the
server using SMTP or POP will not append the signature file. In these
cases see your mail client’s documentation for information concerning
signature files.
BEGIN AUTORESPONDER
none
Begins recording of a new autoresponder file.
Subsequent lines will be treated as the text of the autoresponder until
the word END is encountered on a line by itself or the end of the
control message is reached.
Ex: BEGIN AUTORESPONDER
I’m on vacation right now. I’ll get back to you ASAP.
END
To erase an active autoresponder, use the same command but without any response text.
Ex: BEGIN AUTORESPONDER
END
FORWARD TO
address
The forwarding address for the account passed in the
subject line will be changed to [address] and mail forwarding will be
activated for the account.
Ex: FORWARD TO user02@example.com
UNFORWARD
none
Mail forwarding will be deactivated for the account specified in the subject line.
Ex: UNFORWARD
MULTIPOP
on/off
MultiPOP will be enabled/disabled for the account specified in the subject line.
Ex: MULTIPOP ON
Ex: MULTIPOP OFF