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Email
1. Finding Information On:
SMTP
POP3
IMAP
2. Downloading Email Software:
Netscape
Windows
Macintosh
Linux
Outlook Express
Windows
Macintosh
3. Setting Up Your Email Software
Netscape
Outlook Express
4. Problems With Your Email
I can't log in to get my email.
Why can't anyone send me email?
What is email quota?
What happens if I exceed my email quota?

Email Issues
1. Netscape Email

Question: How do I set up my Netscape for Email?

01. From the Edit Menu in Netscape, select Preferences.
02. In the Category Window click on the Mail & Newsgroups Checkbox to expand it's contents.
03. Under Mail & Newsgroups locate and click on Identity.
04. Fill out the appropriate information about yourself.
05. Under Mail & Newsgroups locate and click on Mail Servers.
06. Netscape allows either one POP mail server or multiple IMAP mail servers to be listed in your Incoming Mail Servers List. To get mail from any of the UNR mail servers, you will need at least one IMAP Server on your list, which means that you cannot have any POP servers on the list.
07. Click the Add button. If doing so produces an error regarding POP servers, that means you must remove the POP mail server from the list before you can continue.
08. The Mail Server Info Window will open. Under Server Name enter the address of the mail server you need to connect to. For the CS Department, the mail server is mail.cse.unr.edu.
09. For Server Type select IMAP.
10. Enter your user name, and if you want, select the option to remember your password. This isn't recommended if others have access to your computer.
11. Click on the IMAP Tab near the top of the window.
12. Select the option for Use Secure Connection. This is an important setting that will protect sensitive information that gets transmitted from and to your computer.
13. Click OK to close the window.
14. For deleting mail, select the button Remove it immediately.
15. Set the Outgoing Mail Server and user name to the same settings from steps 08 and 10.
16. Change the Secure Socket Layer Setting to Always.
17. Click OK to close the Preferences Window.

2. Outlook Express Email
Coming soon.

3. Outlook Email
Coming soon.

Establishing Remote Connections To Servers
Via Telnet and Secure Shell (SSH)

Question: Why can't I Telnet to the server?

There are a number of possible reasons why this could be occuring:

1. The server you are trying to connect to may not be accepting Telnet connections. This is typically because Telnet is an insecure method of transmitting information. When you establish a connection to a server via Telnet, all data sent between your terminal and the server is in plain text. Should any "third party users" (i.e. hackers) be monitoring connections to the server, it is possible that sensitive information such as your user name and password could be intercepted and compromised. Therefore many servers do not permit Telnet connections, rather they support Secure SHell connections (SSH). For more information on SSH, check below.

2. Your account may be disabled or non-existent. Accounts become disabled for various reaons, the most common being detection of weak passwords (see the password section of this FAQ for more info. on password security) and exceeded disk space and/or email quotas (See Item 3). If your account has been disabled you will need to contact a system administrator to have your account reactivated. For the CS Department send an email to root@cse.unr.edu concerning the issue. If you find you do not have an account, you have two options:

A. Fill out an application online here.
B. Pick up an application from the CS office (SEM 242) and submit it to the department.

3. You may have exceeded your disk space or mail quota. Each user has a specific amount of space for files and email. If at any time this limit is exceeded, a warning is issued automatically by the server and you are given a specific amount of time to correct the problem. If you fail to do so, your account becomes disabled. At that point you will need to contact a system administrator to have your account fixed. Typically this is done by raising your quota at least long enough for you to remove/compress some files or email. If you find you must have the increased amount of space in your quota please submit a request for it. This problem is also connected to users being booted out of their terminal right after logging in (which is covered in detail in a different section).

4. The server may be down. Sometimes a server will crash , making it unaccessible. If a server other than the one you are trying to connect to is offline, the entire network may be down as well because all the servers are interconnected. The only way to determine if this is the cause is to contact a system administrator.

5. You may be typing your user name and/or password incorrectly. Make sure you are not making this common mistake, such as having the Caps Lock Key on. This is a possibility only if you are able to connect to the server, but continually get login failures.

How do I fix my connection problem?

1. If your problem is with your account, first read through the Account Section of this FAQ, and then if necessary, contact a system administrator. Most account problems require admin assistance.

2. If Telnet is the problem, you will need to aquire a Secure SHell Program to connect to the server in question. The program for Windows that most UNR PC's use is PuTTY. Details on PuTTY:

For Information on SSH, Click Here (LINK COMING SOON)
For The PuTTY Web Site, Click Here (LINK COMING SOON)
To Start Downloading PuTTY for Windows, Click Here (LINK COMING SOON)

Q1 How do I run Star Office?

1. Run the setup program: /usr/local/Office51/bin/setup
2. Run Star Office: /usr/local/Office51/bin/soffice
3. Add /usr/local/Office51/bin to your path

If you skip the setup step, Star Office will copy the entire 200Mb
distribution into your home directory the first time you run it.

Note: Star Office 5.1 is Microsoft Office 97 Compatible.

If someone is running Office 2000, ask them to save the
document in Office 97 mode before sending it to you.

Star Office Homepage

Q2 How do I get secure access the CS systems?

To prevent your passwords and telnet sessions from being hacked on the network, we highly recommend you access you CS account using a secure shell.

Click here for information on UNR's SSH2 Site License.

Versions of ssh are available both Linux and Windows.

Windows:

Linux:

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