Basic E-mail Information

How the Department Mail System Works

All e-mail arrives to us from the outside world to the mail scanner. On this machine spamassassin is running to check all e-mail as spam, and that works along with Maia to generally make sure the message is ok. Maia then makes a decision on whether or not to deliver the message based on the user preferences. If it gets delivered, it gets sent to the main mail system to get to the user. On the main mail system, it runs the message through procmail to deliver the message. If the user has a custom .procmailrc file in their home directory, procmail consults that as to how to deliver the message. Based on running through the script, the mail message will then be delivered to the proper place for the user to read the message.

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Mail Scanner Information

We use a mail management software, named Maia, to help fight unwanted spam and viruses sent through e-mail. Each member for the department has their own log-in to adjust their settings and report/confirm the status of spam and non-spam e-mail. Click here to be taken to the Maia Mailguard login page.

For more information on the Mail Scanner, click here.
 

Maia Mail Guard FAQ	Official FAQ
Maia Mail Guard Docs	Official Docs
Spam Assassin WIKI	Official WIKI
Spam Assassin Docs	Official Docs
McAfee VirusScan for UNIX	Official Website
AMaViS Mail Scanner	Official Website

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Basic information about the setup of the e-mail system for the Department:

IMAP Server:	imap.cs.kent.edu
POP 3 Server:	pop.cs.kent.edu
Webmail Server:	webmail.cs.kent.edu
SMTP Server:	smtp.cs.kent.edu
Mail Scanner:	mscan.cs.kent.edu
LDAP Server:	ldap1.cs.kent.edu
	ldap2.cs.kent.edu
Base DN:	dc=cs, dc=kent, dc=edu

 

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Basic information regarding the use of recommended email clients:
 

Mozilla Thunderbird	Official Website
	Local Walkthrough
Webmail (SquirrelMail)	Online User Manual
	Official Website
MUTT	Online User Manual
	Official Website
PINE	Online FAQ
	Official Website
PROCMAIL	Official Website
	Online FAQ
	Example