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Basic Setup

For those of you who just need a reminder on the servers and basic info:

Incoming Mail

  • Email: your-login-name@math.unl.edu
  • Incoming IMAP server: mathstat.unl.edu
  • IMAP server directory: Mail/

Outgoing Mail

  • Outgoing SMTP server: smtp.unl.edu
  • Encryption type: StartTLS
  • Port: 587
  • use Blackboard credentials (username/password)

For details see, SMTP-AUTH Instructions

Thunderbird

On first run: Don't import any settings.

It will prompt you to make a new account, don't do this at this stage. Press Cancel

Goto Tools->Account Settings (Windows)
or Goto Edit->Account Settings (Linux)

  1. Click on Add Account -> Email account.
    1. Next you will enter your real name and email address.
    2. Your email address is of the form your-login-name@math.unl.edu
  2. Server Info: Select IMAP for the server type. For the incoming and outgoing servers type mathstat.unl.edu
  3. Username: this needs to be your login name
  4. Account Name: Call it whatever you want, eg Math
  5. Now under the account you just created, select the Server Setting options, under Advanced Set the IMAP mail directory to be Mail/

When checking you mail for the first time:

  • It will ask for a password, use the password you used to logon to the machine.

Junk Mail Controls

In Account Settings (Edit/Tools -> Account Settings), under your mail account (e.g. mathstat.unl.edu), select "Junk Settings", and edit to taste. In particular, check the option Enable adaptive junk mail controls for this account.

See also
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Help_Documentation:Dealing_with_Junk_E-mail
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Junk_Mail_Controls

Microsoft Outlook

Junk Mail Filter

See also
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP012300281033.aspx

Pine/Alpine

Using your favorite Secure Shell client, login remotely to the host math.unl.edu and run/type: alpine

Recommended Secure Shell client software

Webmail

Webmail is available officially for internal/faculty use only, due to ongoing security concerns.

Setting up Forwarding/Vacation Reply

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