Problem:
How do I setup Fetch Mail accounts in Horde?
Solution:
(OPTIONAL) Create folders within Horde for each Fetch Mail account. This way, you can have Fetched email delivered to separate folders for organization.
- Login to Horde (if you are not already logged in)
- Click MAIL on the left side of the screen
- Click FOLDERS on the top part of the screen
- From the drop-down menu, select "Create Folder"
- Enter a name for the folder. For example, if you are going to fetch email from the account, example@domain.com, you might name this folder, Example.
- Repeat from Step 4 above for each folder you would like to add
- Continue on to next sections below
To setup Fetch Mail accounts:
- Login to Horde (if you are not already logged in)
- Click MAIL on the left side of the screen
- Click OPTIONS on the upper-right side of the screen
- Click FETCH MAIL beneath Message Options
- Click the link, "Edit your preferences for accessing other mail accounts"
- Select an account from the drop-down menu or click "Create a New Account"
- Select "IMAP/POP3 Mail Servers" from the drop-down menu.
- Fill out the Form:
- Account's name: (This can be anything you'd like to enter)
- Protocol: change to IMAP
- Username: full email address you want to Fetch mail from (example@domain.com)
- Password: The password for the email address you are checking
- Server: mail.yourdomain.com (This can be set to 'localhost' if the email account is on the same server)
- Remote Mailbox: Inbox
- Local Mailbox: Inbox(or, choose one of the folders you created in the 1st section of this tutorial)
- Check the first 2 boxes, "Get only new messages" and "Mark messages as seen"
- Click SAVE
To Fetch mail from accounts you have setup: (Warning! if you have many email accounts setup to be Fetched and there are many emails in each inbox, the Fetch operation may take some time to retrieve email)
- Login to Horde (if you are not already logged in)
- Click MAIL from the left-hand side of the screen or the MAIL button near the top-right side of the screen.
- Click the FETCH MAIL button at the top of the screen
- Select the account(s) you want to check
- Click FETCH MAIL