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UBC Mathematics: MathNet FAQ [Outgoing Email]
UBC Mathematics: MathNet FAQ [Outgoing Email]
Question: How do I set up outgoing mail?
Author: Joseph Tam
Date: 2016-10-22
The following methods are available for sending mail:
Use our webmail
facility.
Use your ISP's (or local network's) mail server.
Most ISPs will provide a mail server for their clients to
use as their outgoing mail server. Indeed, some ISP will
force their client to use it by blocking all other outbound
mail connections in an effort to combat spam and mail worms.
If you do use your ISP's mail server, you may run into
problems if you send as @math.ubc.ca, as some recipients systems
may infer that it is fraudulent mail because the sender does not
match the mail server being used. t's safer to identify
your mail as coming from your ISP account.
Use our authenticated mail service. If you have a
MathNet user account, then you can set your outgoing mail
setting to these values:
- Outgoing mail server: mailhost.math.ubc.ca
- Protocol and port: one of either
- SMTP/SSL: port 465
- SMTP/STARTTLS: port 587
- User and password: your MathNet username
and password. If a choice of authentication method
is offered, LOGIN or PLAIN will work.
Using our authenticated mail server is desirable under several
circumstances:
- You frequently change ISPs: Using our mail
server will relieve you of the tiresome bother of
changing your mail setting everytime you relocate.
- Information about the local mail service is unknown.
- You want to send out mail as @math.ubc.ca
without problems. Some mail recipients will refuse
mail purportedly coming from @math.ubc.ca if it does
not come from our mail server.
- You don't like the outbound Email policy of
your ISP but they force you to use their mail
server by blocking outbound SMTP (port 25) ports.
Our authenticated SMTP ports use ports 465 or 587
and they are less likely to be blocked.
- Privacy of mail is essential: since the mail
traffic to these alternate ports are encrypted, the
entire mail transaction is resistant to tampering
or snooping.
To configure your particular mail reader, refer to its
user manual on remote setup.
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