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| - | email is handled by 2 servers: | + | ====== Email ====== |
| - | ====== servers ====== | + | **you can use a [[http://www.feep.net/sendmail/tutorial/intro/forward.html|.forward file]] in your home directory with an alternate email located in to to forward the email else-ware ** |
| - | ===== postfix (smtp)===== | ||
| - | postfix is an smtp server running on port 25. | + | ====== Checking and Sending Email ====== |
| - | when a new email comes in postfix puts the mail in $HOME/Mailder/new | + | All ACM user get email accounts using standard ACM credentials |
| - | ===== dovecot (imaps)===== | + | username@acm.cs.uic.edu |
| - | when a user goes to check their mail | + | Users can use the following methods |
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| + | - A command line mail client run on the acm.cs.uic.edu server | ||
| + | - A standard mail client configured for IMAP and SMTP (ie thuderbird/phone mail app/etc) | ||
| + | - ACM webmail access at https://acm.cs.uic.edu/webmail | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Mail Client Configuration ===== | ||
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| + | IMAP Settings | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | Server = acm.cs.uic.edu | ||
| + | Port = 143 | ||
| + | Security = STARTTLS (also called TLS) | ||
| + | Authentication Method: Normal Password (also called Plain or Plain Text) | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | SMTP Settings | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | Server = acm.cs.uic.edu | ||
| + | Port = 587 | ||
| + | Security = STARTTLS (also called TLS) | ||
| + | Authentication Method: Normal Password (also called Plain or Plain Text) | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | Email is handled by 2 servers: | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====== Servers ====== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== postfix (SMTP)===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | postfix is an SMTP server running on port 25 and 587. | ||
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| + | When a new email comes in postfix puts the mail in $HOME/Mailder/new | ||
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| + | ===== dovecot (IMAP)===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | dovecot is an IMAP server running on port 143 and 993 | ||
| + | |||
| + | When a user goes to check their mail | ||
| dovecot looks for email in $HOME/Maildir | dovecot looks for email in $HOME/Maildir | ||
| - | ====== checking email ====== | ||
| - | All ACM user get email accounts using standard ACM credentials | ||
| - | user@acm.cs.uic.edu | + | ====== Resources ====== |
| + | |||
| + | [[http://books.google.com/books?id=0pDFcu6QhY4C&num=13|Linux E-mail | ||
| + | ]] | ||
| - | user can either check email via imaps or https://acm.cs.uic.edu/squirrelmail or http://acm.cs.uic.edu/mail | + | [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/dovecot]] |
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