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email_at_sdf [2020/06/28 21:34] – added wiki page link to email for beginners peteyboy | email_at_sdf [2023/02/28 00:21] – [Webmail (Memberships: Validated User or ARPA or MetaARPA)] update webmail peteyboy | ||
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There are two webmail interfaces: | There are two webmail interfaces: | ||
- | * The old SquirrelMail, | + | * The old SquirrelMail, |
- | * Roundcube, a slicker experience, accessible by MetaARPA users from the link on the [[http:// | + | * Roundcube, a slicker experience, accessible by MetaARPA users from the link on the [[http:// |
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If you want to use an email program running on your computer or phone or tablet or other device to access your SDF mail, things get a little more complicated. At different membership levels, you have a different set of options for both getting (" | If you want to use an email program running on your computer or phone or tablet or other device to access your SDF mail, things get a little more complicated. At different membership levels, you have a different set of options for both getting (" | ||
- | Basically, While **User or ARPA can read mail on their own machines or devices**, | + | Basically, While **User or ARPA can read mail on their own machines or devices**, |
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+ | * your ISP' | ||
+ | * an SSH session to SDF that initiates '' | ||
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+ | With the first option (local ISP), setting the " | ||
=== Local Client Email: Receiving Mail (Memberships: | === Local Client Email: Receiving Mail (Memberships: | ||
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(from the [[http:// | (from the [[http:// | ||
- | The mail server to connect to for POP3 is '' | + | The mail server to connect to for POP3 is '' |
- | * The rest of the POP3 settings should be: | + | |
* Your security should be set to None | * Your security should be set to None | ||
* Your Port should be 110 | * Your Port should be 110 | ||
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== Setting up to read mail with IMAP == | == Setting up to read mail with IMAP == | ||
- | See this guide for setting up IMAP [[http:// | + | See this guide for [[email basics#reading_e-mail_on_sdf| setting up IMAP]] |
IMAP settings should be: | IMAP settings should be: | ||
- | Incoming Mail Server Account Type: IMAP | + | * Incoming Mail Server Account Type: IMAP |
- | Description: | + | |
- | Incoming Mail Server: mx.sdf.org | + | |
- | User Name: for your main User/ | + | |
- | Password: | + | |
=== Local Client Email: Sending Email Via SMTP (Memberships: | === Local Client Email: Sending Email Via SMTP (Memberships: | ||
- | As mentioned above, | + | As mentioned above, there are different paths for sending SDF mail from an email client on your computer or other device, depending on your membership level. |
- | If you want to use SDF's outgoing mail server, you need to either | + | If you want to use SDF's outgoing mail server, you must either pay annual dues for any of VPM, VHOST or MetaARPA, or start an SSH session at some point in the message composition/ |
- | == Sending Mail from your client | + | == Sending Mail from your client |
- | If you are at the User or ARPA level and want to reply to email on your local client that you receive via methods above, **you need a mail client that supports having a different server for incoming and out-going mail**. Some Android default mail clients, for example, will not do this ([[K-9 Mail for Android]]--see the app store--is a client that will definitely work). | + | |
- | After you've set up your email client to receive mail (see above), | + | If you are at the User or ARPA level and have downloaded a message to your local client and want to make it look as if // |
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+ | After you've set up your email client to receive mail (see above), the next thing you need to do is figure out the outgoing mail server that your computer or device' | ||
For example, if you are with Comcast on your computer at home, you can set up POP3 or IMAP in your favorite mail client as described above to read your SDF mail, and use your Comcast mail SMTP server (outgoing mail server) to send mail " | For example, if you are with Comcast on your computer at home, you can set up POP3 or IMAP in your favorite mail client as described above to read your SDF mail, and use your Comcast mail SMTP server (outgoing mail server) to send mail " | ||
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Next, you can follow the directions in [[setting up mail clients]], but you'll have to replace the values for the settings with those of your ISP's outgoing SMTP server. | Next, you can follow the directions in [[setting up mail clients]], but you'll have to replace the values for the settings with those of your ISP's outgoing SMTP server. | ||
- | == Sending Mail from your client through SDF (Memberships: | + | == Sending Mail from your client through SDF port 22 (SSH session) == |
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- | If you are MetaARPA, or if you have paid for VPM or VHOST, you can use the SDF SMTP servers to send mail from your computers and devices. Please see [[setting up mail clients]], and use the settings values there. | + | |
+ | Validated users, ARPA, and all other memberships can initiate an SSH session that runs '' | ||
+ | == Sending Mail from your client through SDF port 587 (SMTP with Transport Layer Security) == | ||
+ | //MetaARPA, VPM or VHOST memberships only//: At these membership levels you are allowed to use the SDF SMTP servers to send mail from your computers and devices. Please see [[setting up mail clients]], and use the settings values there. |
email_at_sdf.txt · Last modified: 2024/06/21 18:01 by peteyboy