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| Newer page: | version 8 | Last edited on Saturday, January 10, 2004 5:09:27 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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* 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:
+* You
can create a file named ".forward" 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:
$ 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.
+* There is a bug in the WebMail whereby it occasionally forgets who you are (maybe it looses 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 deep rooted. Whatever it is, since I'm current accessing WebMail via systems that meter by the minute (mainly the public library here), __it's getting very frustrating to lose long and well writen emails__. Part of the problem is that unlike the wiki, WebMail doesn't store the text and ask you to identify yourself, once it's forgotten who you are you have to start from the initial login, loosing the text in the process.
See also: [HoihoDocuments] [MozillaNotes] and SquirrelMail
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