IMAP MAIL Server and Web Mail
Creating a Vacation Message
Spam Filtering
Mail Aliases
SIG Mail Lists
IMAP Mail Server
The department has an IMAP
mail server and also offers Web Mail
access. Please see the page Setting
Up Mail Clients to Use the Astronomy IMAP Server for more
information.
Creating a Vacation Message
In order to run spamassassin and vacation simultaneously, follow this procedure:
1. Edit your vacation message, .vacation.msg, so that it
reflects what you wish vacation to reply to incoming emails
2. Copy your current .forward file to .forward.spam
3. ssh into chandra and run 'vacation -F'.
4. Put the following (single) line in your .forward file:
"|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/local/bin/procmail
-f- || exit 75 #username","|/usr/bin/vacation username"
where username is your login name. (If you are not running spamassassin, your .forward file should already be set up to run vacation.)
To disable vacation, simply copy your .forward.spam file to .forward
Spam Filtering
Please follow these brief instructions to filter your spam messages using SpamAssassin.
You can find more detailed information about SpamAssassin at their website .
Mail Aliases
We have established the following mail aliases for groups within the department. Send email to 'central@astro.berkeley.edu' if you notice that one of these files is out of date.
| staff | administrative staff | /maillists/users/mail.staff | |
| allstaff | all staff (admin & research) | /maillists/users/mail.allstaff | |
| faculty | faculty | /maillists/users/mail.faculty | |
| research | non-faculty RAL researchers | /maillists/users/mail.research | |
| postdocs | postdocs | /maillists/users/mail.postdocs | |
| ralusers | RAL faculty, staff, students | /maillists/users/mail.ralusers | |
| students | grad students | /maillists/users/mail.students | |
| fraculty | Related faculty in non-astro departments;friends of astro faculty | /maillists/users/mail.fraculty |
everyone == all of the above, plus undergrads, visitors, and any interested parties from other departments: /maillists/users/mail.lis
On the ugastro
net:
everyone == /adm/aliases/alias_everyone
SIG Mail Lists
Special Interest Group (SIG) mail lists have been set up for Mac Users, Linux Users and Windows Users. To send mail to these lists, use the following addresses:
macusers@astro.berkeley.edu
linuxusers@astro.berkeley.edu
windowsusers@astro.berkeley.edu
To subscribe to any of these lists, do the following:
- In a web browser, open https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/
- Under List Address type one of: {astromacuser, astrolinuxuser, astrowinuser} and click Search
- Enter your email address and other information and click Subscribe
To suggest changes, additions, clarifications in this documentation, contact Central Services: central@astro.
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