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RapidSystem is proud to be one of only a few hosting companies who offer SMTP mail service. This service is available with all plans - Standard, Windows, and of course, Dedicated Servers.
Our SMTP service allows you to send outgoing e-mail from our mail servers referenced with your own domain name. Although you can easily specify your own domain name within your mail program, many ISP's require you to send e-mail messages with the "From:" address showing "your_userID@your_ISP". This helps to prevent unauthorized "spammers" to use their mail servers, however, this looks unprofessional, especially when you are responding to e-mail sent to your domain. RapidSystem gives you the ability to send e-mail with the "From:" address showing "your_name@your_domain.com".
In order to use this feature, you will need to configure your e-mail program to use our mail server referenced with your domain name. In your e-mail program's configuration options, specify "pop.yourdomain.com" instead of the SMTP address given to you by your ISP. Also specify "your_name@your_domain.com" as your "return address" or "reply-to address" in place of the e-mail address given to you by your ISP.
In order to prevent unauthorized users from using our mail servers to send their "spam", we have set up a method that allows only authorized account holders to send e-mail through our mail servers. Before sending outgoing e-mail, you must validate yourself by checking e-mail from one of the POP accounts under the domain from which you wish to send e-mail. This is the key to our spam protection software. Checking your POP account with your userID and password activates our SMTP server.
Available with the Starter Plan and above
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