Q: I want to find someone's email address. How do I find it?'
A: You can find Physics email addresses at http://www.ph.utexas.edu/emailsearch.html. You can search all of UT by going to http://x500.utexas.edu/. Note that these services will only help you find addresses of UT students, faculty, and staff; if you need to find the address of someone at a different institution, you should check with their company or institution to see if they have a comparable service on their web site.
Q: What is my POP3 server?
A: Your pop3 server, sometimes called an incoming mail server,
should be set to mail.ph.utexas.edu
Q: How do I set up my email client (Eudora, Outlook, etc.)?
A: See the E-Mail Access page for more information.
Q: How can I use someone else's web based e-mail with my account?'
A: We do not support using other web based e-mail systems. See our
IMP FAQ for information
on our local web based e-mail system.
Q: What is message massaging?
A: E-Mail message "massaging" is the process of attempting to
make harmless changes to the formatting or syntax of a message, either
to correct problems with it, protect against maliceous messages, or to
work around errors in E-Mail client or server programs. For more information,
see the
E-Mail Security page at http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~help/e-mail/security.html.
Q: How can I access my E-Mail remotely?
A: For security reasons, we need to restrict access to our E-Mail
systems from non-trusted locations. A list of supported access methods
from various locations can be found at the
E-Mail Security page at http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~help/e-mail/security.html.
Q: How can I tell if mail to me was filtered as spam?
A: You may see which mail addressed to you (for about the last month) was filtered by our system and not delivered to you. You can even request a copy of it or tell us that it isn't spam. For more information, see the
E-Mail Security page at http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~help/e-mail/security.html.
Vacation programs must be used with care. They can cause problems, especially when they respond to mailing lists or other vacation programs.
The vacation program by default keeps track of who it has already sent a notice to and only resends to that same address once per week. It also tries to avoid known mailing lists, junk mail, and other vacation replies. But it can only do so much in this area, and even it does allow the user to over ride some of its safety features.
Because of this, you should temporarily unsubscribe from, or set to NOMAIL if possible, all mailing lists you are on before setting up auto-answering; otherwise, members of the mailing lists may find they are being flooded with canned messages by your vacation program. This is considered very rude behavior and will guarantee you quite a frosty reception on your return.
Q: How do I enable the vacation program?
A: You must login to one of the PCG Linux machines (linux1
through linux15 or twist).
The vacation program is incompatible with any existing .forward file you may have setup. Thus, if you already have a .forward file in your account that you wish to preserve, you should save it with the following command:
cp .forward .forward.save
The enable vacation notices, simply enter the vacation command as follows:
vacationThe vacation program will create several files in your account. As part of this, it will enter an editor to create your vacation reply message. A default message will be provided, which you can edit to your tastes. The default message will look something like:
The message should contain a "Subject:" header line, which will be used as the subject line in all the reply messages. A default subject line is included, which you may edit to your tastes.Subject: away from my mail I will not be reading my mail for a while. Your mail regarding "$SUBJECT" will be read when I return.
If the string $SUBJECT appears in the reply message, it is replaced with the subject of the original message when the reply is sent.
Q: How do I disable the vacation program?
A: You can disable the vacation program by simply removing
the .forward file. This can be done with the following command:
rm -f .forward
If you had saved an old .forward file before enabling vacation, you should restore it now with the command:
mv .forward.save .forward
Q: What should I put in my vacation reply message?
A: It is a good idea to note the date at which you expect
to resume reading your mail. It is also a good idea to provide information
about an alternate contact person if one is available. For your own security,
you should never tell them that you will be out of town, or any other
information that may make you vulnerable to crime or harassment.