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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. | 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. | ||
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| + | == Mail Setup == | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | === Outgoing mail === | ||
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| + | 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 authentificate with your login name and password. | ||
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| + | === Incoming mail === | ||
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| + | 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 always the same th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de. You have to use the SSL encryption, regardless if your inside or outside our network. | ||
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| + | === Webmail === | ||
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| + | There also the option to use our webmail front end: https://th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/webmail/src/login.php | ||
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| + | === Certificates === | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
Revision as of 11:51, 11 August 2008
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.
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.
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 authentificate with your login name and password.
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 always the same th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de. You have to use the SSL encryption, regardless if your inside or outside our network.
Webmail
There also the option to use our webmail front end: https://th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/webmail/src/login.php
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.
