You can connect to a remote POP mail server to retrieve mail. You can set up a schedule for connection or connect manually.

To retrieve mail from a POP server:

1	Open Mac OS Server Admin and log on to the server you want to administer.
2	Press the Mail Services button and choose Show POP Account List.
3	Click a host name in the POP accounts list.
4	Click the Account tab, then select the Enable Account Connection checkbox.
5	If the server you're connecting to supports authenticated POP, select the Use APOP checkbox.
6	Choose whether to send the mail to local users named in the message headers, and whether to send a blind copy of the mail to a user or group you specify.
7	Click the Schedule tab and set up a repeating, custom, or manual connection.
8	To change the connection and read/write timeouts, or specify a custom port number, click the Network tab.
	Leave this section alone unless you need to change the defaults.
9	To get information about the POP account, click the Statistics tab.

Related topic

Managing mail services