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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 4:09:11 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 5 | Last edited on Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:24:31 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
-Just
a few notes about using the
[WLUG
] mail server
.
+* 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>
-* 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.
+* [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
.
-See also:
[HoihoDocuments
] [MozillaNotes
] and SquirrelMail
+* 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 you mailer 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>.)
+
+* Sometimes reloading produces [PHP] error messages. This appears to be related to session TimeOut. The solution is to check for new mail by clicking on your inbox instead of reloading.
+
+* There is a bug in the WebMail whereby it occasionally forgets who you are (maybe it loses the cookie?). If this bug were only present in WebMail I'd blame it on WebMail, but it also happens to long-running wiki edits, which suggests that the problem may be something more deeply rooted.
+ -- ''This seems to be resolved now... I think it is php's session handling stuff. We upped the timeout to 60 minutes, and haven't seen problems since'' -- JohnMcPherson
+
+See also:
+* HoihoDocuments
+* MozillaNotes
+*
SquirrelMail
+
+----
+CategoryMailNotes
