Mm3 Tutorial
From The.forest
OK this is a rough and simple tutorial for setting up mmm3 so it will check your email accounts for you.
What you will need:
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[edit] Step 1
- mm3
- stunnel binaries for windows.
- openssl.exe for connecting to gmail securely.
Download these all and extract mmm3 to a folder, I used "C:\apps\mmm3\" but you can use whatever you want. mmm3 doesn't come with an installer so all you need to do is put it in a folder. If you want mmm3 to launch when your Computer boots drag the mmm3 executable "Magic.exe" to the Startup Menu, which can be found by dragging the icon over the Start menu and browsing through the program list. Anything in the Startup folder will boot at launch.
[edit] Step 2
Install stunnel. This does have a installation program. One installed copy "openssl.exe" to "C:\Program Files\stunnel". What is this for? Gmail has to be contacted using the SSL protocol. This is a good thing because SSL is secure and keeps your data private.
Once stunnel is installed, navigate to "C:\Program Files\stunnel" and edit "stunnel.conf" using a text editor like notepad. If there is no .conf file then create one. Delete anything that is in the conf file you open and paste this:
---COPY BELOW---
client = yes [MyPOP3SSL] accept=995 connect=pop.googlemail.com:995
---COPY ABOVE---
Save the conf file. Now launch stunnel. It has no options but an icon will appear in your system tray (I hid mine as I do not need to see it).
[edit] Step 3
Open mmm3. I'll assume you have familiarized yourself with how it works. Create a new Alias by right clicking in the top area just below the column which says "Alias". Click "New..." and make sure the dialogue says "Create Empty".
You will be shown a multi-tab window where you can add your gmail details. Here comes the Clever.
Make sure the "General" tab is selected.
- The Alias can be anything you want, it's a descriptive name.
- User is your gmail username, e.g. joebloggs@gmail.com.
- Host is what mmm3 connects to. In this case you need to write in 127.0.0.1. This is very important, if anything else is here it won't work.
- Password is your gmail password.
- POP3 server port number needs to be set to 995.
- Poll Period means how often mmm3 will check your mail. I have mine set to 2 minutes. Do not have it set too low, I'm sure admins don't like their servers to be hammered!
The other details on the tab are not necessary unless you have specific needs so I wont go into them here.
[edit] Step 4
Well that should be it now. Click OK so you come back to the mmm3 main window. Right click on the gmail alias you created and click Check Now! If everything works correctly then you should see mmm3 going through the process of logging in to check your account.
Important
Make sure you go to File->Save to save your account settings. Otherwise when you restart mmm3 it will have lost your gmail alias.
Another note, stunnel can be installed as a service. What this means is that each time your Computer boots stunnel will run in the background without bothering you.
As I said before if you have any questions please ask in the mmm3 forum they are probably more able to help you than me.
