BlitzMail
The primary mail server provided at Dartmouth is BlitzMail.
It is a client server system initially designed for Macintosh and Windows
clients. In general, UNIX mail programs are designed to read mail sent to the
UNIX system, not mail on remote BlitzMail
servers.
The recommended method of using BlitzMail (including off-campus
use) is with the supported Macintosh and Windows clients. Your computer must be
connected to the campus network or to the Internet by some other mechanism and
have TCP/IP networking configured and enabled.
BlitzMail can be downloaded from the Software
Downloads Web page.
If you have questions, please contact the Computing Help Desk at 646-2999
and select from the options provided, send electronic mail to help@dartmouth.edu, or call your department's
computing support office.
UNIX Mail
If you have a UNIX account, you can forward all your new
incoming mail to your UNIX account. If you are using a Macintosh, select
Edit DND Entry from the BlitzMail menu. In
the Preferred E-Mail Address field, enter the UNIX
e-mail address
(username@somehost.dartmouth.edu). From then on, all mail
arriving for your.full.name@dartmouth.edu will be redirected
by the mail hub to the address you specified. Always test your changes
to make sure they are working as you anticipate or you may lose mail.
To use the Northstar system for your e-mail, specify
username@northstar.dartmouth.edu; do not use the individual
workstation names, since they may change over time. Your old BlitzMail
account will not be affected and will remain on the BlitzMail
servers.
From your UNIX account, you can select from a variety of mail programs (such
as pine, which is a nice menu-driven program).
|
