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Bremer: minor grammar corrections

2019-11-05T09:15:12Z

minor grammar corrections

Thw at 09:52, 26 August 2019

2019-08-26T09:52:56Z

Thw: /* Mail Setup */

2019-08-26T09:52:17Z

‎Mail Setup

Thomas at 09:57, 27 February 2017

2017-02-27T09:57:05Z

Thw at 12:02, 6 December 2013

2013-12-06T12:02:42Z

Thw: /* Outgoing mail */

2010-08-25T11:31:09Z

‎Outgoing mail

Thw at 11:29, 25 August 2010

2010-08-25T11:29:43Z

Thw at 11:27, 25 August 2010

2010-08-25T11:27:45Z

Thw: /* Certificates */

2009-04-24T15:47:47Z

‎Certificates

Thomas at 11:54, 11 August 2008

2008-08-11T11:54:03Z

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 == Mail Setup ==
-We officially support Mozilla Thunderbird with auto configuration. If you want to use another program, you have the configure it by your self. The required information is below.
+We officially support Mozilla Thunderbird with auto configuration. If you want to use another program, you have to configure it by yourself. The required information is below.
 === Outgoing mail ===
-Outgoing mail has to be send to itp.uni-frankfurt.de. If you want to send from outside our network (from home etc.) you have to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) and authenticate with your login name and password. Port for submission is 587.
+Outgoing mail has to be sent to itp.uni-frankfurt.de. If you want to send from outside of our network (from home etc.), you have to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) and authenticate with your login name and password. The port for submission is 587.
 === Incoming mail ===
-For incoming mail we provide IMAP support. IMAP works with the mail on the server an does not download it on your computer. The server is 'itp.uni-frankfurt.de'. You have to use the SSL encryption, regardless if your inside or outside our network. Recommended is STARTTLS on port 143. Please make sure that you use plain text authentication. Some programs try to login with the complete email address, instead of the login name. Check this on failure.
+For incoming mail we provide IMAP support. IMAP works with the mail on the server and does not download it on your computer. The server is 'itp.uni-frankfurt.de'. You have to use the SSL encryption, regardless whether you are inside or outside of our network. Recommended is STARTTLS on port 143. Please make sure that you use plain text authentication. Some programs try to login with the complete email address instead of the login name. Check this if the connection fails.
 === Webmail ===
-There also the option to use our webmail front end: https://webmail.itp.uni-frankfurt.de
+There is also the option to use our webmail front end (SOGo): https://webmail.itp.uni-frankfurt.de
 === Certificates ===
-We have now official certificates and you must not get any warning.
+We have official certificates and you must not get any warning.
 == Thunderbird ==
-For Thunderbird we support autoconfiguration. After entering you mail address and password. Thundbird should automatically detect the correct setting. The final dialog should lock like this:
+For Thunderbird we support autoconfiguration. After entering you mail address and password. Thundbird should automatically detect the correct settings. The final dialog should lock like this:
 [[File:Thunderbird-Setup.png]]

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−	From the users point of view, our setup is very easy. You don't have to learn many hostnames. You just have to learn the domain name, which is '''~~th.physik~~.uni-frankfurt.de'''. This is called our virtual service address, and all services are accessed through this domain name.	+	From the users point of view, our setup is very easy. You don't have to learn many hostnames. You just have to learn the domain name, which is '''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'''. This is called our virtual service address, and all services are accessed through this domain name.

	== Mail Setup ==		== Mail Setup ==

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 == Mail Setup ==
-We provide some mail programs preconfigured for our system. That are Thunderbird, alpine and mutt. If you want to use another program, you have the configure it by your self.
+We officially support Mozilla Thunderbird with auto configuration. If you want to use another program, you have the configure it by your self. The required information is below.
 === Outgoing mail ===
-Outgoing mail has to be send to th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de. If you want to send from outside our network (from home etc.) you have to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) and authenticate with your login name and password. Port for submission is 587.
+Outgoing mail has to be send to itp.uni-frankfurt.de. If you want to send from outside our network (from home etc.) you have to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) and authenticate with your login name and password. Port for submission is 587.
 === Incoming mail ===
-For incoming mail we provide IMAP support. IMAP works with the mail on the server an does not download it on your computer. The server 'th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de'. You have to use the SSL encryption, regardless if your inside or outside our network.
+For incoming mail we provide IMAP support. IMAP works with the mail on the server an does not download it on your computer. The server is 'itp.uni-frankfurt.de'. You have to use the SSL encryption, regardless if your inside or outside our network. Recommended is STARTTLS on port 143. Please make sure that you use plain text authentication. Some programs try to login with the complete email address, instead of the login name. Check this on failure.
 === Webmail ===
-There also the option to use our webmail front end: https://th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/webmail/src/login.php
+There also the option to use our webmail front end: https://webmail.itp.uni-frankfurt.de
 === Certificates ===

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	We have now official certificates and you must not get any warning.		We have now official certificates and you must not get any warning.
		+
		+	== Thunderbird ==
		+
		+	For Thunderbird we support autoconfiguration. After entering you mail address and password. Thundbird should automatically detect the correct setting. The final dialog should lock like this:
		+
		+	[[File:Thunderbird-Setup.png]]

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 === Outgoing mail ===
-Outgoing mail has to be send to th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de. If you want to send from outside our network (from home etc.) you have to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) and authenticate with your login name and password. As alternative, especially if the standard mail port 25 is blocked (common to universities), we provide this service at port 587.
+Outgoing mail has to be send to th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de. If you want to send from outside our network (from home etc.) you have to enable TLS (Transport Layer Security) and authenticate with your login name and password. Port for submission is 587.
 === Incoming mail ===

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	=== Certificates ===		=== Certificates ===

−	We have now official certificates, and you must not get any warning.	+	We have now official certificates and you must not get any warning.

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	=== Certificates ===		=== Certificates ===

−	~~Because we can only provide self-signed~~ certificates, you get a warning ~~at the different encrypted logins, that the certificate can not be verified. In most programs you can accept this certificate permanently and you are no longer bothered~~.	+	We have now official certificates, and you should not get any warning.

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−	~~Our setup is very easy, from~~ the users point of view. You don't have to learn many hostnames. You just have to learn the domain name, which is '''th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de'''. This is called our virtual service address, and all services are accessed through this domain name.	+	From the users point of view, our setup is very easy. You don't have to learn many hostnames. You just have to learn the domain name, which is '''th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de'''. This is called our virtual service address, and all services are accessed through this domain name.

	== Mail Setup ==		== Mail Setup ==