mail/intro.mdwn



Email introduction
Your account at this system 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
(contact your technicians for the location of webmail at this system)
This is ready to use as is - no special setup required.
Local email application
"Real" email applications require some configuration to work.
Here's a short summary of the needed setup:

Email server is the same for both incoming and outgoing services (contact your technicians for the hostname).
Email are reachable through the services pop3 and imap. Imap is recommended for most cases.
Outgoing mail is handled through secure smtp on port 465 (not the normal port 25).
You MUST use SSL and password authentication for all email services (also smtp).

More info
See [[setup]] for more details on setting up your computer to use your account at this system.
See [[mail]] for an overview of info related to using email at this sysmte.