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 ====== Email on Unix and Linux ====== ====== Email on Unix and Linux ======
  
-For newcomers to the Unix system, we recommend using **Thunderbird**. More detailed instructions on how to configure this are included on our [[:computing:accounts:email|general mail support pages]].+For most users we recommend using **Thunderbird**. More detailed instructions on how to configure this are included on our [[:computing:accounts:email|general mail support pages]].
  
-The Unix system has many mail programs available, including pine and mutt; and, of course, you can use the usual graphical mail programs such as or Thunderbird or Mozilla Mail. +For users accessing Unix via a terminal application (such as ssh), Pine is a popular mail program, and can be run simply by typing ''pine''. A good place to find information on Pine is the [[http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/|Pine FAQ]]. Another good mail program is [[http://www.mutt.org/|mutt]] ([[http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/|Mutt Manual]]).
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-For users accessing Unix via a terminal application (such as ssh), Pine is a popular mail program, and can be run simply by typing ''pine''. A good place to find information on Pine is the [[http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/|Pine FAQ]]. For those wishing to use a graphical application, X11 Forwarding is also an option. +
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-Another good mail program is [[http://www.mutt.org/|mutt]]([[http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/|Mutt Manual]]).+
  
 Some mail programs use a separate program for composing (editing) messages, and you may wish to choose your preferred editor rather than use the unfriendly system default (vi). This is covered in the page on [[:computing:department:unix:text|text editors]]. Some mail programs use a separate program for composing (editing) messages, and you may wish to choose your preferred editor rather than use the unfriendly system default (vi). This is covered in the page on [[:computing:department:unix:text|text editors]].
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 ===== Forwarding and Vacation ===== ===== Forwarding and Vacation =====
-These features are both set up through the [[:computing:accounts:email:fowarding|Physics webmail system]]. **The "vacation" command and ".forward" file are not used.**+These features are both set up through the [[:computing:accounts:email:forwarding|Physics webmail system]]. **The "vacation" command and ".forward" file are not used.** 
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 +===== Secure Email =====
  
-===== Secure EmailPGP =====+For secure email using Thunderbird see [[http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq.html#use_encrypt|FAQ: Thunderbird Email Encryption]].
  
-We have both GnuPG and PGP v5.0 installed. GnuPG is probably a better choice for most purposes. There's a good introduction to using GnuPG with mutt at [[http://codesorcery.net/mutt/mutt-gnupg-howto]].+For users accessing via the terminal we have both GnuPG and PGP v5.0 installed. GnuPG is probably a better choice for most purposes. There's a good introduction to using GnuPG with mutt at [[http://codesorcery.net/mutt/mutt-gnupg-howto]].
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