Topics:

• Introduction
• Forwarding Your Mail
• Remotely Logging In Via the SSH Protocol
• From unix Machines
• From Windows Machines
• Using Our IMAP/SSL Server (From Netscape)
• Using APOP (From Eudora)

There are several ways to access your BMRC account Email from remote locations. These instructions only apply if you have a BMRC unix account, in which case your BMRC email address will be <username>@BMRC.Berkeley.EDU

The simplest way to handle your BMRC email is to forward it to an email address you already use. To accomplish this, log into one of our unix machines with your BMRC unix account. Email forwarding can be accomplished by creating a file in your home directory (where you start after logging in) called .forward and these commands will do this for you:

cat >.forward
joeuser@hotmail.com
[type Ctrl-D]
      

Most flavors of unix support the ssh command. You can simply run
ssh gumby.cs.berkeley.edu
and read your mail with a program such as pine.

F-Secure sells a comercial product of ssh, but I personally use TeraTerm, a free program that works just fine.

We run an IMAP server over a secure sockets layer (SSL) connection. To setup your netscape client to use this service, perform the following steps:

• In Netscape, select the menu item Edit -> Preferences
• Select the list item on the left called 'Mail Servers', and click the Add button on the right.

• Fill in the Mail Server dialog as shown, with your own User Name (of course):

• Be sure to check the "Use secure connection" box on the IMAP configuration page:

If your email program, e.g. Eudora, supports the APOP protocol, you can access your BMRC email that way. First you will have to tell our mail server your password. To do so:

1. SSH into gumby and run the command: popauth to set your email password.
2. In Eudora:
   • Go to the Special Menu and choose "Change Password..."
   • Enter your email password (twice)
   • In the Tools Menu, choose "Options".
   • Select the "Incoming" icon (in some versions of Eudora, it's "Checking Mail") in the left scroll menu. The subheading "Authentication Style" must be changed from "Passwords" to "APOP".