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Mail @ EPFL

To receive or sending emails, users can use the Official EPFL mail server or the IPG mail server, both 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 doesn't have a quota limitation on the mail messages that a user can store. 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 pe EPFL rules.

<note warning> Following the EPFL directives, our local mail service can't be reachable directly from outside EPFL, so your email address must be always the one provided by EPFL. 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: firstname.surname@epfl.ch; messages destined to this address is sent to the personal mailbox of the user. This mailbox is named after the user (or the first 8 chars if his/hers name is longer) and it's stored in the ewa.epfl.ch (M$ Exchange) server.

EPFL MAIL Server

If you want use the EPFL's mail server follow these instructions to configure your mail client. Jump here if you need just the network settings.

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 7 Gbytes
- Management of the email message become complicated when the quota limitation is reached
- Access to archived messages is impossible from remote locations

IPG MAIL Server

At this address you can find instruction on how to configure your mail client to use the local mail server. If you are an expert here you can find just the settings.

PRO

Accessible from everywhere
Login & Password are the same you use to access the linux network
understand POP3,IMAP,IMAPS,SMTP,SMTPS,HTTPS protocols
- Web, Imap 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
Backup of the mailbox just 1 time per day