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email is handled by 2 servers:
postfix is an smtp server running on port 25.
when a new email comes in postfix puts the mail in $HOME/Mailder/new
when a user goes to check their mail
dovecot looks for email in $HOME/Maildir
All ACM user get email accounts using standard ACM credentials
user@acm.cs.uic.edu
user can either check email via imaps or https://acm.cs.uic.edu/squirrelmail or http://acm.cs.uic.edu/mail