Mail sent from one SBIer to another using an FBI! form and an SBI! WebMail address never enters the Internet. So that message cannot be forwarded to the Google Apps account you set up to receive it.

Please note that this only happens in the rare case when an SBIer sends you mail using an SBI! WebMail address.

To ensure that you receive mail from other SBIers using a WebMail address (likely a very tiny portion of your overall mail), please do the following...

1) In SVBI!, turn on whitelisting. Anyone using a form is automatically whitelisted, and any SBIer using a WebMail address will already know what the whitelisting process is. As a result, there should be no communication problems.

2) You can then redirect the mail to your main Google Apps administrator account, or to someone who will then redirect all mail to the appropriate recipients.

You can create an unlimited number of e-mail addresses in SVBI! for your SBI! domain. However, all mail will be delivered to the same inbox. If you need multiple inboxes, for example for your employees, you can route your e-mail to a different e-mail service provider using MX It!.

MX It! is a simple tool that lets you select the best system for handling your e-mail needs. For more information and help deciding on the system for you, see Choosing the Best E-mail System for Your Needs...

MX It! allows you to send your mail to a third-party resource, such as Google Apps' Gmail, where you can create e-mail accounts with separate logins and assign them to your employees.

For more information about MX It!, please see the following URL...

As part of its security measures, Spam 'n Virus Blast It! WebMail will not display graphics in e-mails that are downloaded from other servers. As a result, graphic links will not work when you display the e-mail.

If the message is from a trusted source, and you wish to click the links, you have several options...

Option A -- Download the message to Outlook or another e-mail client as outlined in the e-mail you received when you registered your domain (subject line: Site Build It! MAIL).

Option B -- Forward the message to a non-WebMail account that does not include such protection (ex., Yahoo! or Hotmail).

Option C -- Do the following...

Step 1) Click the Preferences link at the top of the WebMail screen.

Step 2) De-select the Display HTML E-Mail option and click the Update Preferences button.

Step 3) Go back to display the message.

The message will now appear to be blank or it will show only the text version of the message. The full HTML message is now included in an attachment.

Step 4) Click the Display link under Attachment to open the HTML portion of the e-mail in a new window.

That's it! All links should now work properly.

If this is not the case, our Customer Support Team will be happy to assist you. Use the contact form at...

In your message, please identify which e-mail in your WebMail (i.e., provide sender's name and date of the e-mail) is not displaying properly. This will give the staff person a helpful headstart.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

When SVBI! blasts a message, it is bounced-back to the sender with a failure message. This message contains a code which lets automated e-mail systems know that the address is invalid. Spammers typically remove the e-mail address from their list once this happens.

The failure message also contains a plain text explanation for human readers, which tells them how to whitelist their e-mail addresses.

Because the message is bounced-back it cannot, unfortunately, be retrieved. To make sure that legitimate users can contact you, follow the strategies in the following FAQ...

http://support.sitesell.com/faq/email.html#03273889

What if you have already implemented those and similar strategies but SVBI! is still blasting many messages?

Spammers will often send messages to random accounts at your domain. They will simply try to e-mail webmaster@domain.com, sales@domain.com, info@domain.com, john@domain.com, jane@domain.com, etc., hoping they'll find a valid e-mail account. All these messages will be bounced and shown as blasted messages.

Like most Web hosts, SBI! does not provide an SMTP or outgoing mail server for sending your mail. Instead, you will need to use the outgoing mail server that your Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides.

You likely already set up this server in your e-mail software when you opened your ISP e-mail account. Now simply copy the same server settings for the outgoing (SMTP) server to the account you are setting up for your SBI! domain.

For more information about this process, please contact your ISP's help desk. They are the experts in their software and they will be able to assist you.

We wish we could be experts in the dozens of e-mail packages that are out there, but there are just too many of them. If you have any questions about how to use or configure your particular e-mail software, please check your software's help or contact the support department of the software company directly. They know your software and can properly assist you.

SBI! provides all of the necessary server and login information that you will need to set up your SBI! mail accounts in your preferred e-mail client. You received these details after you registered your domain. The subject line of that e-mail was "Site Build It! MAIL".)

Do you need another copy of that e-mail? Customer Support will be happy to resend it to you. Simply make the request using the form at...

http://support.sitesell.com/contact- support.html

Please assist Support by including your domain name and your SBI! order number. Thanks in advance for your help.

Use the following strategies to make sure you receive the e- mail you DO want to receive...

Strategy #1 (Online)

Instead of posting your e-mail address on your Web site, where it will be picked up by spammers, create a contact form in the Form Build It! Library and have visitors contact you through the form. Any visitor who fills out your form will be added to your whitelist automatically.

Strategy #2 (Online) Create a wormhole address (temporary or permanent) to sign up for newsletters, affiliate programs, Google AdSense, etc. Do not use the same address as the one you used for offline contacts.

If an address you used to sign up for newsletters is ever used to send you unsolicited mail, you can then simply delete the account, stopping spam in its tracks.

Strategy #3 (Offline)

Create a permanent wormhole account to use on your business cards and give out to offline contacts. Make sure that the wormhole address cannot be guessed easily (i.e., don't use info, sales, webmaster or common first names). Never post this address anywhere online.

For more information about wormhole accounts, please see...

Why are there different types of Wormholes?

http://support.sitesell.com/faq/email.html#05184000

By using the strategies outlined above, you will stop spam and viruses while allowing important e-mail through. This gives you more time to focus on building your business.

If you prefer not to have spam and virus protection and to turn whitelisting off...

Step 1) Log into WebMail (the link is in the upper right hand corner of Site Central).

Step 2) Click on the Go to SVBI! link.

Step 3) On the main SVBI! screen, select the Off option next to "Turn Whitelist filtering".



Top

http://webmail.sitesell.com/

Login with the same username and password that you use for Site Central.

If you have more than one SBI! domain registered in your account...

You can continue to use the regular Site Central login URL to check your WebMail, if you wish...

http://login.sitesell.com/

Or...

You can use the WebMail login URL which will take you to the Choose Your Domain screen (same as above).

Simply select the domain you wish from the drop-down menu and then click the WebMail button. You are set to go!



Top

In their e-mails, spammers commonly include references to images on their servers. The server registers a hit to the image, which will confirm that you opened the message, creating even more spam for you.

To protect you from such practices, SVBI! WebMail will never display external images. More than likely, this may be what is currently happening in your situation.

If the message is from a trusted source, and you wish to see the images, you have several options...

Option A -- Download the message to Outlook or another e-mail client as outlined in the e-mail you received when you registered your domain (subject line: Site Build It! MAIL).

Option B -- Forward the message to a non-WebMail account that does not include such protection (ex., Yahoo! or Hotmail).

Option C -- Do the following...

Step 1) Click the Preferences link at the top of the WebMail screen.

Step 2) De-select the Display HTML E-Mail option and click the Update Preferences button.

Step 3) Go back to display the message.

The message will now appear to be blank or it will show only the text version of the message. The full HTML message is now included in an attachment.

Step 4) Click the Display link under Attachment to open the HTML portion of the e-mail in a new window.

That's it! All images should now display properly.

If this is not the case, our Customer Support Team will be happy to assist you. Use the contact form at...

http://support.sitesell.com/contact-support.html

In your message, please identify which e-mail in your WebMail (i.e., provide sender's name and date of the e-mail) is not displaying properly. This will give the staff person a helpful headstart.



Top

SVBI!
http://forums.sitesell.com/viewtopic.php?t=11883



Top

SVBI! continuously updates your Whitelist even if you have not imported your own list of addresses or you have turned off the Whitelist filtering feature.

Here is what SVBI! is constantly updating for you automatically...

1) Address Book
2) Outbound E-mail
3) Opt-in E-zine
4) Form Build It!
5) Addresses of people who whitelist themselves due to the bounce message
6) Wormholes

Remember, regardless of how an e-mail address makes it onto your Whitelist, that address is 'good to go' at all E-mail Accounts created by you.

In other words, an address that is whitelisted on aa@your- domain.com will also be whitelisted for zz@your-domain.com. This includes all SiteSell domains, too. We would not be able to send you important messages or newsletters unless they were a built-in part of every SBI! Whitelist.

You can find out more about managing your Whitelist by quickly reviewing this handy help file...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/whitelist-management.html



Top

In order to get the most out SVBI!, SiteSell deleted the catchall account of every SBIer who had a domain registered before February 24, 2005.

Don't worry, as long as you follow the easy four-step process...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/index.html

... you'll be fine! Also known as "The Simple Steps To A Spam-Free Life," you'll find that this process is easy to do and works to cut down (and even eliminate) spam!

Any of the e-mail addresses you used with your catchall account can be added as an E-mail Account in SVBI!.

Nothing lost and everything gained! It really is the best of both worlds.

Please contact Support if you require further assistance with this.

http://support.sitesell.com/contact-support.html



Top

The BIG picture
http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/

The little details
http://sbix.sitesell.com/sbix-124.txt

Together, these two references will get you up and running quickly with SVBI!.

Top

Up to now, you have been using the username and password that was provided in the SBI! Mail e-mail, sent to you right after you registered your SBI! domain.

Instead of merely using username 'as is,' please enter the following into the field for username in your e-mail software...

username@your-sbi-domain.com

See the difference? Add @your-sbi-domain.com after username instead of entering just username.

So, for example, if your username is '4hfc4rd' and your domain is 'abc.com,' enter 4hfc4rd@abc.com (without quotes) into the username field of your software.

This is the only change to make.

Please do not change the entry for the pop server field. That remains the same...

your-sbi-domain.com

And do not change the password. That remains the same as before, too.

Once you have made this modification, please close your e-mail application and then re-open it. You might be prompted to re-enter your password.

That's it! You're all set.

If you no longer have a copy of your password, don't worry. Please contact SiteSell Support at...

http://support.sitesell.com/contact-support.html

Ask us to send you the e-mail that contains the information about setting up for SBI! e-mail, including your username and password information. Please include the specific SBI! domain name or Order Number so we send the right info. Thank you in advance for your help.

Important note...

The username and password referred to here have nothing to do with logging into login.sitesell.com. They are for getting mail. Logging into SBI!'s Site Central remains the same.



Top

However, if you keep the Whitelist-filtering turned off, your redirected mail may contain spam and viruses. So you must change your redirect to pobox.com.

They wash out any spam and send the clean mail to whatever address you specify. Their reputation is 100%, the type of company that you want to be associated with if you are redirecting e-mail.

Pobox.com is only $20/year. And SiteSell has negotiated a 20% discount for you. We receive no payment for any of our recommendations (it's all part of SBI!).

For full details about Whitelisting and redirecting, please see...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/mailfilter-help.html



Top

For SBIers with domains registered before a certain date, this function was turned off by default so that you can decide when to use the feature... if at all.

If, like most SBIers, you want to eliminate the frustration of spam, all you need to do now is turn the Whitelisting feature on.

Please log into Site Central and WebMail in your usual fashion...

http://login.sitesell.com/

Click on the Go to SVBI! link found on the WebMail page.

Then on the Spam 'n Virus Blast It! page, go to the Whitelist Management section.

Next to Turn Whitelist filtering, just click the On radio button. And that's it! Bye-bye spam!

Please take a few moments to review this important help file about Whitelisting...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/whitelist-management.html

Now that the whitelisting feature is on, an e-mail sender who is not on your Whitelist list will receive a bounce-back message that asks him or her to visit...

http://whitelist.sitesell.com/

That is where they will whitelist themselves. (You will not get a copy of that bounce-back message.)

Since spambots can't answer the Challenge-Graphic, you're sure to now receive e-mail only from real humans who want to do business with you. The best kind of correspondents, of course!



Top

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/whitelist-management.html#WORMHOLE

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/create-new-accounts.html#WORMHOLE

But here's a quick overview to get you started...

A Wormhole is a very special address and a powerful feature. It allows new (even unknown!) friends and associates to get onto your Whitelist with 'no muss, no fuss.'

For a certain number of days (set by you), SVBI! automatically whitelists the From e-mail address of all e-mail sent to the Wormhole Account. After that, the Wormhole closes and it behaves like a regular E-mail Account...

That means that any mail (from non-whitelisted addresses) to an old Wormhole address will be refused (with the usual whitelist.sitesell.com Graphic-Challenge message included in the refusal). You may delete an old Wormhole Account -- it's best, though, to leave it open as a regular E-mail Account. Those who whitelisted through this address may not know any other address for you.

There are two types of Wormholes...

A temporary Wormhole expires within 14 days. It's a good strategy to use in order to receive confirmation e-mails (product orders, opt-in subscriptions, etc.). Upon expiration, this E-mail Account will be considered null and void by visitors attempting to contact you via this method.

A permanent Wormhole is best for those who need a consistent e-mail address for offline promotion or online contact with trusted third parties like PayPal, Amazon and eBay. The key is to manage your Wormhole Accounts wisely...

1) Never post a Wormhole online to any Web page (not even one behind a password).

2) Use Wormholes only offline (ex., business cards), or to deal with trusted online third parties (ex., ordering from Amazon).

3) Create a new Wormhole for each situation (damage-control and traceability).

4) Make it an address that spammers would not 'dictionary attack' or guess at.

For more extensive details, please review the easy-to-read help at...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/whitelist-management.html#WORMHOLE

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/create-new-accounts.html#WORMHOLE



Top

For example, if you are using Outlook Express, you would...

1) Select FILE > EXPORT > Address Book

2) Then please choose the export format...

Text File (Comma Separated Values) > Click Export

3) Now, name your file. Please save this file to your Desktop so that it is easy to find.

4) The only field you need to export is "E-mail Address". Click on "Finish" and you should find a *.csv file on your Desktop.

5) In WebMail's "Add To Whitelist" page, you will now click on the "Choose File" button, browse to the file and complete the process.

6) Once that's done, the last step is to click upon the "Upload Addresses to Whitelist" button.

Your Whitelist is off and running!

Please note...

All of us in Support wish we could be experts in the dozens of e-mail packages that are out there, but there are just too many of them!

We do have a page that lists the general steps you would likely need to take for any e-mail software...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/add-to-whitelist.html

If you have any additional questions about how to use or configure your particular e-mail software, please check your software's help or contact the support department of the software company directly -- they will know your software much better than we ever could.

We are experts in our own SBI! WebMail so please don't hesitate to ask. We are just a contact form away!

http://support.sitesell.com/contact-support.html



Top

However, since everyone's needs aren't the same, there are different levels of SVBI! protection. Please review the SVBI! Help at...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/svbi-help.html

.... to discover the different ways that SVBI! can better help you stay in touch with your contacts while filtering unwanted mail. The 'big picture' sometimes makes it easier to make a decision about using the Whitelisting functionality or not.

At that point, if you are certain that you want to turn off the Whitelisting feature, please follow the process as outlined here...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/whitelist-on-off.html

E-mail communication is essential to any business. SVBI!'s job is to make it as smooth as possible, in a way that meets your needs. Good luck with your decision-making!



Top

every-name-known-to-every-language-on-earth@your-domain.com

Previously, with the catchall system, you could receive absolutely-anything@your-domain.com to your WebMail account. Or, if you use Outlook (or some other client-side software), you would download all that incoming junk.

Spam 'n Virus Blast It! puts a stop to that. You can only receive e-mail at accounts that you have specifically created.

For more details about how to create E-mail Accounts, please review...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/create-new-accounts.html



Top

Protect your business. Create forms! How-to instructions are available at the Form Build It! Library at Site Central.

To access Site Central, please login with your username and password...

http://login.sitesell.com/



Top

Our top recommendations?

1) Never open unexpected attachments. Even if you appear to know the sender, it is always safer to delete the attachment and then e-mail the sender to confirm that s/he did, in fact, forward you a file. If yes, s/he can resend you the attachment.

2) Be sure to keep virus protection current.

3) If you do have an e-mail link on your site, replace it with a Form Build It! contact form and thwart those SPAM bots and viruses! Not only will this save you time and frustration, it will also ensure that you are able to communicate with your visitors or customers.

4) Use WebMail to handle your day-to-day e-mail... inbound, outgoing filing/storage, Address Book, etc. Click on the "WebMail" text link in the upper right corner of Site Central for how-to information.

5) Protect yourself with Spam 'n Virus Blast It! (SVBI!). It manages your E-mail Accounts and your Whitelist.

Click on the Go to SVBI! link found on the WebMail page (as explained above).

Then on the Spam 'n Virus Blast It! page, go to the Whitelist Management section.

Next to Turn Whitelist filtering, just click the On radio button. And that's it! Bye-bye spam!

Please take a few moments to review this important help file about Whitelisting...

http://build.sitesell.com/help/webmail/whitelist-management.html

By following these recommendations, you can keep your focus on building your business, where it should be.



Top