Receiving email
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Obtaining a username@bpuc.org email address
- Decide if you need a functional or personal email (or both). A functional email goes with a job or function. A personal email is based on your name.
- Obtain approval
- Ask Alex Sims who will create the account. You will need to decide if you need a mailbox or a forwarding account.
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Setting up your computer for a mailbox account
There are a number of settings you need to set in your email program:
- Incoming POP3 mail server is "mail.bpuc.org" but if you are using Popmail it is "127.0.0.1"
- Username is "username+bpuc.org" (note the + replaces the @) but if you are using Popmail it is "mail.bpuc.org:username+bpuc.org"
- Password is as given to you
- Outgoing mail server depends on your ISP. For bigpond it is "mail.bigpond.com"
- If the mailbox is shared by more than one computer (eg a desktop and a laptop) then on each computer under advanced settings tick the "Leave a copy of messages on the server". On one computer only, the "master" which should be the computer you want to miss fewest messages on, tick "Remove from server after x days" and set to a suitable value, try 7 days as a starting point. If you regularly receive a mailbox full (or almost) full message then decrease by one day.
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Setting up your computer for a forwarding account
There is nothing to do. Any emails sent to your username@bpuc.org will be forwarded on to your own email.
