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-# Overview of email documentation
-
-Each user [[account]] is an email account - with one ore more email
-[[addresses]] attached.
-
-
-## Setup
-
- * Short [[mail/intro]] to start using email
- * [[Configuration|mail/setup]] more detailed
-
-
-## Use
-
- * Dealing with disk [[quota]]
- * Subscribing to and and using [[mailinglists]]
- * [[Problem]] reporting
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-# Setting up your personal email account
-
-As a user at [[!template id=realm]] you have been given a single [[account]].
-Tied to this account is an email address (or possibly more than one).
-
-All incoming emails are delivered to the inbox of your personal account (ie.
-same location no matter if you have more addresses attached).
-
-
-## Webmail setup
-
-Webmail is probably the simplest way to reach your emails. Somewhat like
-HoTMaiL but without advertisements.
-
-The website [[!template id=webmailurl]] offers several webmail applications,
-each with different strengths and weaknesses.
-
-The topmost of the webmail applications, IMP, is recommended, due to its most
-complete functionality. It provides access to changing your account
-[[password]].
-
-Same website also lists some alternative websites also offering webmail access
-to accounts at [[!template id=realm]]. Save those addresses on your own
-computer, for the case of the primary webmail service one day being out of
-order.
-
-Entering webmail, step by step:
-
- 1. Go to [[!template id=webmailurl]]
- 2. Pick the topmost webmail application, IMP
- 3. Login using your personal username and password
-
-
-## Recommended setup of local email program
-
-If you have a computer of your own, it is recommended to use a "real" email
-application in favor of webmail. It works faster and is more stable. It is also
-puts less burden on the server.
-
- 1. Download [Mozilla Thunderbird](http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird)
-
- (!) Other email programs work too, but Mozilla Thunderbird is considered
- most reliable, while still both userfriendly and
- [free](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software).
-
- 2. Create an "imap" account
-
- (!) The alternative, pop3 (suggested by default in many applications), is
- less flexible - e.g. does not work well concurrently with webmail access to
- your emails.
-
- 3. Use your provided username and **[[!template id=mailhost]]** as both
- incoming and outgoing server
- 4. Enable encryption for incoming mail (imap or pop3):
- * Enable "SSL" (also called "secure connection")
- 5. Enable encryption for outgoing mail (smtp):
- 1. Enable "SSL"
- 2. Change port number from the standard 25 to 465 (Mozilla Thunderbird does
- this automatically)
- 3. Enable authentication, using same username and password as for your
- incoming mail
-
- /!\ Avoid "TLS" (also called "secure *passwords*") - it does not work
- together with SSL.
-
-Many email applications help you setting up your account using a "wizard".
-Unfortunately security setup is often left out from such routines.
-If you are guided by a wizard, you therefore afterwards need to manually check
-that the configuration produced match the above instructions.
-
-/!\ Some applications stash away security options (SSL, password etc.) below
-"advanced settings" or similar.
-
-Your email application might complain that it does not trust the mail server.
-You then need to accept the "security certificate" used at [[!template
-id=realm]] (see external reference to riseup.net at the bottom of this page).
-Mozilla Thunderbird need no special handling.
-
-
-## Special quirks with Apple Mail
-
-The default setting for some versions of Apple Mail is to leave a copy of all
-your emails on the server, even when deleted in the application.
-
-If you use Apple Mail, you need to avoid filling up your
-[[allowed disk space|quota/intro]] by changing that behaviour:
-
- 1. Open "Mail"
- 2. Go to Preferences > Accounts > Advanced
- 3. Check "remove copy from server after retrieving a message"
-
-
-## External links
-
-The help texts at riseup.net is generally good, as their system works much like
-this. Just remember to use **[[!template id=mailhost]]** whenever
-"mail.riseup.net" is mentioned.
-
- * [Setting up email applications](http://help.riseup.net/mail/mail-clients/)
- * [Dealing with security certificates](http://help.riseup.net/mail/security/certificates/)
- * [Avoiding "leave on server" with pop3](http://www.earthnet.net/support/email/email_pop_remove_copy.htm)
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-# Email introduction
-
-Your account at [[!template id=realm]] has at least one email address attached.
-
-Additional addresses can be added on request. Some may already be added.
-
-All incoming emails are stored in your account inbox, no matter what email
-address was addressed.
-
-
-## Webmail
-
-Webmail is at [[!template id=webmailurl]]
-
-This is ready to use as is - no additional setup required to get started.
-
-
-## Local email application
-
-"Real" email applications require some configuration to work.
-
-Here's a short summary of the needed setup:
-
- * Email server is **[[!template id=mailhost]]**, for both incoming and outgoing
- services.
- * Incoming email is reachable through **pop3** and **imap**. Imap is
- recommended for most cases.
- * Outgoing email is accepted through secure smtp on port **465** (not the
- regular port 25).
- * You MUST use password **authentication** for all email services (also smtp).