| If you get stuck remember you can always use
WebMail.
It gives you easy access to your email from any web
browser [you can just click on "WebMail" on the bottom of the Math Home
Page and then select "mail.sas" from the drop-down server menu.]
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Using Terminal Emulation Programs
One way to access your mail is to use a simple terminal program such
as elm, pine, and mutt. Pick the section below that applies to you.
SecureCRT, Datacomet secure, HostExplorer (Windows, Macs)
These and related programs give you secure access to a terminal window
in mail.sas (they are sometimes called secure "telnet" programs).
After you login to mail.sas you will then use a termainal email
program such as elm, pine, and mutt.
- Please make sure you have the latest software; mail.sas requires
the use of a secure client, just as hans.math now does. You can download
them all here:
http://www.upenn.edu/computing/product/
- If you don't have a server profile listed for mail.sas, the easiest
thing to do to make sure the settings are correct is to just download the
software and reinstall again. The profiles are already configured.
Unix/Linux using SSH
To login to mail.sas and check your email, in a terminal window SSH
users should use ssh mail.sas.upenn.edu instead of
ssh hans.math.upenn.edu. Since you'll need this often, on
hans.math and the Math Linux PC's you can just use the shortcut
command sas to login to mail.sas.
[To login to mail.sas from an account with a different userid, use
the command ssh UserId@mail.sas.upenn.edu, replacing UserId
by your own userid.]
Unix/Linux using IMAP
If your local computer runs Unix/Linux, You can configure both mutt
and pine (but not elm) to use IMAP and automaticaly (securely) login
to mail.sas for you.
For pine see
Pine using IMAP
(Univ. of Chicago).
For mutt put the following lines in your muttrc:
set imap_user = UserID #replace "UserID" by your userid
set spoolfile = "{mail.sas.upenn.edu/ssl}INBOX"
set folder = "{imaps://mail.sas.upenn.edu/Mail}"