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--- mail [2007/02/07 11:58] – damir
+++ mail [2021/03/10 11:15] (current) – admin
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-====== Mail at EPFL ======
+====== Mail @ EPFL ======
-To receive or sending emails, users can use the Official EPFL mail server or the IPG mail server (or both). Both servers have the same characteristics and can be used from standard mail clients programs or from Web Browsing. The principal motif to use the local mail server is that this server don't have a quota limitation on the mail that an user can store. The Official mail server of the EPFL has a mail quota of around 50 Mbytes for every users, and the maximum dimension of a message can't be more than 20 Mbyte (the worldwide mail service use a 7 bit codification, so the maximum real dimension of a mail message is around 15 Mbyte).
+The Official mail server of the EPFL has a mail quota of around 7 Gbytes for every user.\\
+The maximum dimension of a message (received or sent) can't be more than 20 Mbyte per EPFL rules.
-<note warning>
+Every user of the EPFL network has an email address like this: **firstname.surname@epfl.ch**; messages destined to this address is sent to the personal mailbox of the user. The mailbox is named after the user surname (or the first 8 chars if it is longer) and it's stored in the ewa.epfl.ch (M$ Exchange) server.
-Following the EPFL directives, the local mail server can't be reachable directly from outside EPFL, so we can't receive mail to the local account. Instead every user have to configure the official mail server to forward all the incoming messages to his/hers local mailbox. There's no possibility to have a global change of the configurations.
-</note>
-Every user of the EPFL network has an email address like this **surname.name@epfl.ch**. Every message that is destined to this address is sent to the personal mailbox of the user. The mailbox is named after the name of the user (or the first 8 chars if the name is longer) and it's stored in the mailbox.epfl.ch server.
+===== EPFL MAIL Server =====
-=== EPFL MAIL Server ===
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-If you want use the EPFL's mail server follow [[mail:epfl|these]] instructions to configure your mail client. or jump [[mail:settings|here]] if you need just the network settings.
+If you want use the EPFL's mail server follow [[https://support.epfl.ch/help?id=epfl_kb_article_view&sys_kb_id=50e515b60fca2100704bda5bd2050eb1|these]] instructions to configure your mail client. Jump [[mail:settings|here]] if you need just the network settings.
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-== PRO ==
-  * Simplicity of configuration
-  * Accessible from everywhere
-  * Understand IMAP,SMTP,IMAPS,SMTPS,HTTPS protocols
-    * Web, Imap, Smtp connections are encrypted
-  * Antivirus & antispam Features
-== CONS ==
-  * Quota limitation on the INBOX of 50 Mbytes
-    * Management of the email message become complicated when the quota limitation is reached
-    * Need to move/delete old messages in Inbox and Sent folders
-=== IPG MAIL Server ===
-<box round orange 80%>
-At [[mail:lth|this]] address you can find instruction on how to configure your mail client to use the local mail server. If you are an expert [[mail:settings|here]] you can find just the settings.
-</box>
-== PRO ==
-  * Accessible from everywhere
-  * Login & Password are the same you use to access the network
-  * understand POP3,IMAP,IMAPS,SMTP,SMTPS,HTTPS protocols
-    * Web and Smtp connections are encrypted
-  * Space for all your mail messages (received, sent, draft)
-    * No need to move your email messages from the server
-  * Antivirus & Antispam Features (based on OpenSource projects)
-== CONS ==
-  * The server functionality is limited by EPFL's policy
-    * The configuration of the mail client is a little tricky
-    * It's impossible to receive email messages directly to your address login@lth.epfl.ch
-  * Backup of the mailbox just 1 time per day
-  * Global antispam is the strongest possible and we have some false positive
-  * IMAPS protocol isn't available now