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| Newer page: | version 16 | Last edited on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:43:20 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| 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 mail server allows you to use specify
a suffix on your username when giving people your email address, and
the suffix will be ignored. This means you could give out username+suffix1@wlug.org.nz as your email address to one person, and username+suffix2@wlug.org.nz to another person. The "+" and anything after it will be ignored when delivering
mail, so it will all go into your inbox
. This makes it easy to filter your incoming mail, and see who is giving your address 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.
-See
also: [HoihoDocuments
] [MozillaNotes
] and SquirrelMail
+
+* 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>
+
+*
[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
