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| Newer page: | version 17 | Last edited on Thursday, May 19, 2005 6:08:46 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | |
| Older page: | version 5 | Last edited on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:24:31 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
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-Just a few notes about using
the [WLUG
] mail server
.
+* Our MailServer allows you to amend
the username part of your
[Email
] address with a suffix which will be ignored when delivering the mail. The suffix must be preceeded by a plus sign. This means you can use <tt>username+ebay@wlug.org.nz</tt> to conduct your business on eBay, <tt>username+wlug@wlug.org.nz</tt> to sign up for the WlugMailingList, <tt>username+foosoft@wlug.org.nz</tt> for some download registration form, etc, and it will all go into your <tt>username@wlug.org.nz</tt> inbox. This makes it easy to filter your incoming
mail, and to see who is passing your address on to other people
. :)
-* If you're using MozillaMail and [IMAP] to connect through the firewall to the server you may need to add imap.wlug.org.nz to your "No Proxies for" list (under preferences / advanced / proxies). This tells you mailer to connect directly to the server rather than through the proxy.
-* When you log into WebMail you may need to use ''username'' rather than ''username@wlug.org.nz'' (this differs from other SquirrelMail setups). The feedback when you make this error is a little obscure (i.e. several lines of the [PHP] internal error messages and then "Unknown user or password incorrect.")
-* Sometimes [Reload] gives gives an php error messages. This appears to be related to session TimeOut. The solution is not to use [Reload] but to check for new mail by clicking on you inbox.
-* If you have shell access, you
can always
create a file named "
.forward"
in your home directory to have email
automatically forwarded to another address. For example after logging in:
-
$ echo "
my_other_address@verisign.com"
> ~/.forward
-''everyone who has a mail account, also has a shell account -- PerryLorier''
-* Exim also supports specially formatted .forward files to do limited processing of incoming email, such as save to a certain file, or forward or drop. As currently set up on the WLUG mail server, such filtering is supported. See EximFilter.
+* You
can create a file named <tt>
.forward</tt>
in your home directory (remember, everyone who has a mail account also has a [Shell] account)
to have [Email]
automatically forwarded to another address. For example after logging in:
+ <verbatim>
+
$ echo my_other_address@verisign.com > ~/.forward
+ </verbatim>
-See
also:
[HoihoDocuments
] [MozillaNotes
] and SquirrelMail
+* [Exim]
also supports specially formatted <tt>.forward</tt> files to do limited processing of incoming
[Email
], such as save to a certain file, or forward or drop. As currently set up on the
[WLUG
] MailServer, such filtering is supported. See EximFilter for hints
and examples.
+
+* If you're using MozillaMail and [IMAP] to connect through the FireWall to the server you may need to add <tt>imap.wlug.org.nz</tt> to your "No Proxies for" list (under Preferences/Advanced/Proxies). This tells your MailClient to connect directly to the server rather than through the proxy.
+
+* When you log into WebMail you may need to use <tt>username</tt> rather than <tt>username@wlug.org.nz</tt> (this differs from other SquirrelMail setups). The feedback when you make this mistake is a little obscure (i.e. several lines of the [PHP] internal error messages and then <tt>Unknown user or password incorrect</tt>.)
+
+
+See also:
+* WlugAdmin
+* MozillaNotes
+*
SquirrelMail
+
+----
+CategoryMailNotes
