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--- computing:accounts:email [2014/03/06 17:42] – allan
+++ computing:accounts:email [2016/02/03 15:22] (current) – allan
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 ====== Physics Email ======
-===== Accessing your account =====
+The official email system for UMN is the umn.edu gmail system. We do still run an in-house Physics mail system, primarily to support mailing list and some other collaborative features, but it is not supported as a "critical" system - problems will be addressed on a "best effort" basis.
-Since so many people now use the umn.edu gmail system, we no longer create physics email accounts by default. However they are available on request. You may also need this set up if you need to access physics-only mail features such as shared mailboxes. You can request a physics mailbox via MyPhys > Physics Email Status & Forwarding.
+By default when we create physics unix accounts, we now forward email by default to umn.edu. However you can enable your physics mailbox via MyPhys > Physics Email Status & Forwarding. You may need this, for example, if you need to access physics-only mail features such as internal shared/group mailboxes.
+===== Accessing physics email =====
-For most people, the best way to use your Physics email account is with a program such as Thunderbird to access your mail using our [[:computing:accounts:email:settings|IMAP server]].
-==== Unix/Linux ====
-You can also use your mail account by logging in to the Unix system interactively and running one of the available mail programs, such as alpine or mutt.
 ==== Webmail ====
-Finally, you can access your mail through our [[http://mail.physics.umn.edu/|webmail system]]. The webmail system also lets you control many features of your email account, such as filtering messages to different folders. You can read [[:computing:accounts:email:roundcube|more information about it here]].
+You can access your physics mail through our [[http://mail.physics.umn.edu/|webmail system]]. The webmail system also lets you control many features of your email account, such as filtering messages to different folders. You can read [[:computing:accounts:email:roundcube|more information about it here]].
+<note>
+The old physics squirrelmail interface is not recommended, but can still be accessed {{https://mail.physics.umn.edu/squirrelmail|here}}
+</note>
+==== Thunderbird ====
+For most people, the best way to use your Physics email account is with a program such as Thunderbird to access your mail using our [[:computing:accounts:email:settings|IMAP server]].\\
+Check out our instructions on [[:computing:accounts:email:Thunderbird|setting up your Thunderbird client]]
+==== Unix/Linux shell ====
+You can also use your mail account by logging in to the Unix system interactively and running one of the available mail programs, such as alpine or mutt. alpine is mostly preconfigured to work correctly on physics linux systems.
+**Note, if your linux machine is outside of PAN, you will have to configure authenticated SMTP to send mail**
 ===== Size limits =====
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 The size of your mailbox overall is subject to a quota limit, which is generally set between 5-10GB. You can see your current usage and quota by visiting [[https://www.physics.umn.edu/resources/myphys/|MyPhys]]. If you go over this limit then further email deliveries will be deferred until you reduce your usage.
+===== Forwarding to or from physics mail =====
+If you only want to read your mail in one place, we have [[:computing:accounts:email:forwarding|directions for forwarding your mail to or from physics]], with specific examples for umn.edu mail.
 ===== Help With Email Features =====
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 More about [[:computing:accounts:email:lists|mailing lists available to Physics users]]
-===== Forwarding to or from umn.edu email =====
-You can set up your central umn.edu gophermail account so that it forwards to your Physics account. After entering your University Internet ID and password, you can choose "Set Email Forwarding" to choose your preferred email address.
-Most UMN people now have gmail accounts rather than the old gophermail accounts. The setup of forwarding is different for these. [[:computing:accounts:email:ugmail|Here are directions on how to forward from gmail to physics]]

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