My ISP and hosting provider suck (IMAP vs POP3)

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alex.barylski
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My ISP and hosting provider suck (IMAP vs POP3)

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Haha...I'm actually just kidding both are quite decent 99% of the time...

Here is the problem...

I am trying to scan bounce emails on various accounts to process them and unsubscribe repeat bounced accounts. Easy enough, except that my hosting provider mailscanner is picking off the bounced emails and preventing them from actually reaching my hosted POP accounts.

My hosting provider on the other hand does forward bounced emails but appears to block any outside access from logging into a Shaw account unless you are connected via a Shaw connection. So from my remote web site I cannot connect to POP3 to check bounced emails however I can via localhost because I am behind the Shaw connection.

I need to figure out a way in which I can work around this in the future for clients. Incase their hosting provider also prevents bounced emails from being forwarded to their accounts as well.

I use a third party SMTP service for sending emails. I'm wondering if maybe GoDaddy or similar service offers IMAP/POP email hosting...problem is it needs to be very cost effective as my service and the SMTP service already cost...

Ideally I would find a new hosting provider who does not have such a strict mailscanner to not forward bounced emails...I need to process them for obvious reasons. GMail does give me bounced emails so I'm thinking I could just use a clients GMail address for the reply-to address.

Any ideas or suggestions, etc? Hosting recommendations?
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