Potential Risks of Forwarding a POP3 Account

Believe it or not, it can potentially be harmful to setup your e-mail account (@yourdomain.com) to forward all incoming mail to GmailAmerica Online (AOL) or any other ISP (Internet service provider). This feature will not only forward all your legitimate incoming mail but also any sp@m that is received in that particular account as well.

The majorities of ISPs offer a “this is sp@m” button to report any unsolicited mail. With only a few reports, your server may banned from sending e-mail to any of their registered users. When these companies receive your forwarded sp@m messages, all that can be determined is that your server sent it!

If you would like to properly access your e-mail through your Gmail account, please read the following article explaining how to “fetch” POP3 e-mails rather than forwarding them: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=21289

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