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email_at_sdf [2023/08/18 19:00] – reorganized headings, added text and link regading SPF records for VHOST -VPM users peteyboyemail_at_sdf [2024/02/13 22:12] – [Email Programs from Shell (Memberships: User or ARPA or MetaARPA)] smooth out formatting and verbiage peteyboy
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 ====== Membership Levels and Email Access ====== ====== Membership Levels and Email Access ======
  
-Here are the membership levels that matter for email (see [[http://sdf.org/?join|SDF join page]] for more details):+Here are the membership levels that matter for email (see [[http://sdf.org/?join|SDF join page]] and [[https://sdf.org/?faq?MEMBERS?01| Members FAQ]] for more details):
  
   * User   * User
   * Pre-validated User: This is before you are "validated" by either sending a nominal amount of money to SDF(enter ''%%validate%%'' at shell) or by finding a MetaARPA member to validate you   * Pre-validated User: This is before you are "validated" by either sending a nominal amount of money to SDF(enter ''%%validate%%'' at shell) or by finding a MetaARPA member to validate you
   * Validated User/ARPA   * Validated User/ARPA
-  * VPM/VHOST*+  * [[https://sdf.org/?faq?VHOST |VPM/VHOST*]]
   * MetaARPA   * MetaARPA
  
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 //mutt// is available even to **Pre-validated Users**. Just type ''%%mutt%%'' at the command prompt. Here's [[How to Use mutt]] //mutt// is available even to **Pre-validated Users**. Just type ''%%mutt%%'' at the command prompt. Here's [[How to Use mutt]]
  
-Other programs, including //pine, alpine, mailx and rmail// are available to any **Validated User or ARPA or MetaARPA**. //Pine and Alpine// are related programs (Pine is older, Alpine is newer) that are both frequently considered to be the easiest shell email programs to use, with on-screen help and a menu interface. Enter ''%%pine%%'' or ''%%alpine%%'' respectively to run either of these. You can find more info on how to use them at [[E-mail Beginners]].+Other programs, including //pine, alpine, mailx and rmail// are available to any **Validated User** or **ARPA** or **MetaARPA**. //Pine and Alpine// are related programs (Pine is older, Alpine is newer) that are both considered by many to be the easiest shell email programs to use, with on-screen help and a menu interface. At the shell prompt, enter ''%%pine%%'' or ''%%alpine%%'' respectively to run either of these. You can find more info on how to use them at [[E-mail Beginners]].
  
 For users at the **User** level, to learn about your limited allowed space and the significance of the mail spool, see the difference between using mutt and alpine here: [[mutt and alpine and the spool]]. **This also may be useful if you use both a shell mail client and webmail interchangeably**. For users at the **User** level, to learn about your limited allowed space and the significance of the mail spool, see the difference between using mutt and alpine here: [[mutt and alpine and the spool]]. **This also may be useful if you use both a shell mail client and webmail interchangeably**.
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     * for your main User/ARPA/metaARPA account, it should be the same as your login name, example: ''user1234''     * for your main User/ARPA/metaARPA account, it should be the same as your login name, example: ''user1234''
     * If you are accessing mail for a //VPM// account, your username should be the full email address with your VPM/VHOST domain name, ex: ''user5678@vhost1234.org''     * If you are accessing mail for a //VPM// account, your username should be the full email address with your VPM/VHOST domain name, ex: ''user5678@vhost1234.org''
-  * Your password should be either your account password (for your main User/ARPA/metaARPA account), or the password you set for the VPM email address using ''mkvpm''+  * Your password should be either your account password (for your main User/ARPA/metaARPA account), or the password you set for the VPM email address using ''[[mkvpm]]''
  
 === Setting up to read mail with IMAP === === Setting up to read mail with IMAP ===
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 == Sending Mail from your client through SDF port 587 (SMTP with Transport Layer Security) == == 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, as yoou have access to the program ''mkvpm''.+//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, as you have access to the program ''[[mkvpm]]''.
  
 To set up SDF's SMTP service for your mail client, please see [[setting up mail clients]], and use the settings values there. To set up SDF's SMTP service for your mail client, please see [[setting up mail clients]], and use the settings values there.
  
-//For VHOST memberships:// if you are using email addresses on your VHOST using ''mkvpm'', you need to add a SPF record to your VHOST's ''.dns'' file so other mail services (Google, Yahoo!, AOL) won't reject your emails as spam. See [[Add SPF Record for your VPM mail]]+//For VHOST memberships:// if you are using email addresses on your VHOST using ''[[mkvpm]]'', you need to add a SPF record to your VHOST's ''.dns'' file so other mail services (Google, Yahoo!, AOL) won't reject your emails as spam. See [[Add SPF Record for your VPM mail]]
email_at_sdf.txt · Last modified: 2024/02/13 22:24 by peteyboy