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mail_setup [2018/06/29 00:32]
SLUUG Administration [Mutt]
mail_setup [2018/07/10 18:20] (current)
SLUUG Administration [Ports]
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 ====Ports==== ====Ports====
  
-**SMTP** : 25      (Not guaranteed)+**SMTP** : 25      (Not for mail client use, use SMTPS. Relaying will fail)
  
 **SMTPS** : 465    (SSL/TLS, normal password, username@domain required) **SMTPS** : 465    (SSL/TLS, normal password, username@domain required)
  
-**POP3s** : 995    ​(TBD) +**POP3S** : 995    (SSL/TLS, normal password, username@domain required)
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-**IMAPs** : 993    ​(SSL/​TLS,​ normal password)+
  
 +**IMAPS** : 993    (SSL/TLS, normal password, username@domain required)
 ====== Mail Clients ====== ====== Mail Clients ======
  
 Below is information on how to configure your mail client for connecting to the SLUUG mail servers. Below is information on how to configure your mail client for connecting to the SLUUG mail servers.
  
 +For all mail clients, the account name/user used must be of the form
 +user_name@sluug.org since this is how authentication is performed.
 =====Elm===== =====Elm=====
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 ===== Pine===== ===== Pine=====
  
-To access a mail account on Amber, change the inbox-path to: "<​html><​samp>​{localhost/​novalidate-cert/​user=user_name}</​samp></​html>"​. ​ /​novalidate-cert allows the self-signed Cert for SASL to Amber, /user avoids the prompt for "LOGIN NAME". </​samp></​html>"​.+To access a mail account on sluug.org, change the inbox-path to: "<​html><​samp>​{localhost/​novalidate-cert/​user=user_name}</​samp></​html>"​. ​ /​novalidate-cert allows the self-signed Cert for SASL to sluug.org, /user avoids the prompt for "LOGIN NAME". </​samp></​html>"​.
  
 Sample Config for <​user>:​ Sample Config for <​user>:​
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 Personal Name                     = <​user>​@sluug.org Personal Name                     = <​user>​@sluug.org
 User Domain ​                      = sluug.org User Domain ​                      = sluug.org
-SMTP Server (for sending) ​        ​= ​bock.sluug.org+SMTP Server (for sending) ​        = sluug.org
  
 NNTP Server (for news)            = <No Value Set> NNTP Server (for news)            = <No Value Set>
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-**S**et the server information. Thunderbird is fully capable with IMAP which is newer and more convenient than POP. Put "bud.sluug.org"​ in the "​Incoming __S__erver"​+**S**et the server information. Thunderbird is fully capable with IMAP which is newer and more convenient than POP. Put "​sluug.org"​ in the "​Incoming __S__erver"​
  
 References to the differences between POP and IMAP: References to the differences between POP and IMAP:
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 [[http://​apps.carleton.ca/​web/​connect/​email/​vs_types.php|CCS -  Comparison: IMAP vs. POP]] [[http://​apps.carleton.ca/​web/​connect/​email/​vs_types.php|CCS -  Comparison: IMAP vs. POP]]
  
-Set the server to **bud.sluug.org**,​ all lower case.+Set the server to **sluug.org**,​ all lower case.
  
 {{tbird_account_wizard_pg3.png|}} {{tbird_account_wizard_pg3.png|}}
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 ==== HTML ==== ==== HTML ====
 To post to any of the SLUUG lists you should turn off HTML and not include attachments. ​ To post to any of the SLUUG lists you should turn off HTML and not include attachments. ​
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 ===Outgoing Server (SMTP)Settings=== ===Outgoing Server (SMTP)Settings===
  
-In the top right of the Account Settings panel select ​bud.sluug.org and click "​__E__dit"​+In the top right of the Account Settings panel select sluug.org and click "​__E__dit"​
  
 {{tbird_outgoing_server_settings.png|}} {{tbird_outgoing_server_settings.png|}}
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 ==== Secure IMAP ==== ==== Secure IMAP ====
 Secure IMAP provides an encrypted connection from the server to the client using SSL. The advantage of this is that with the connection encrypted user name and passwords are also sent encrypted so are not open to a [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Sniffer|sniffer]]. Secure IMAP provides an encrypted connection from the server to the client using SSL. The advantage of this is that with the connection encrypted user name and passwords are also sent encrypted so are not open to a [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Sniffer|sniffer]].
mail_setup.1530250336.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/06/29 00:32 by SLUUG Administration