This is an old revision of the document!
Email checking is currently limited to command line only
Sending still works correctly
you can use a .forward file with an alternate email located in to to forward the email else-ware
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
Alternatively, SIG-SysAdmin(clee231) has been working on setting up a better online imap email client. Check it out here: http://brink.cs.uic.edu/email