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Open up in your browser [http://www.princeton.edu/imap OIT Account Management Page].  You will be asked for your OIT username and password.  Once logged in click on "Set Email Delivery" link on the left.  That will bring "Where Is My Mail Going" information - if you you haven't changed your e-mail delivery location from default it is likely to be <tt>yourusername@mail.Princeton.EDU</tt>.  Click on "Change Entry" button (found next to current delivery E-mail) and on next screen forward your Priceton email by setting your primary mail delivery location to your <tt>yourusername@math.princeton.edu</tt> E-mail address and then click on "Submit Changes".
 
Open up in your browser [http://www.princeton.edu/imap OIT Account Management Page].  You will be asked for your OIT username and password.  Once logged in click on "Set Email Delivery" link on the left.  That will bring "Where Is My Mail Going" information - if you you haven't changed your e-mail delivery location from default it is likely to be <tt>yourusername@mail.Princeton.EDU</tt>.  Click on "Change Entry" button (found next to current delivery E-mail) and on next screen forward your Priceton email by setting your primary mail delivery location to your <tt>yourusername@math.princeton.edu</tt> E-mail address and then click on "Submit Changes".
 
=== Forward e-mail from your math account ===
 
=== Forward e-mail from your math account ===
To forward all of your math e-mail to another account, e.g. if you are leaving Princeton, create in your home directory .forward file and place in it the e-mail where your email will be forwarded.  
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To forward all of your math e-mail to another account, e.g. if you are leaving Princeton, create in your home directory .forward file that contains the e-mail address where your email will be forwarded.  You can specify multiple E-mail addresses, each on its own line.
 
=== Vacation messages ===
 
=== Vacation messages ===
Vacation messages can be set through Math/PACM webmail under the "My Account" menu on the left side menu.  You can also reach this webpage directly by going to [https://www.math.princeton.edu/horde3/vacation/ https://www.math.princeton.edu/horde3/vacation/] link.
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Vacation messages can be set through Math/PACM webmail by going to [https://www.math.princeton.edu/horde3/vacation/ https://www.math.princeton.edu/horde3/vacation/]. You can also find vacation setting webpage under the "My Account" on the left side menu of the [https://www.math.princeton.edu/mail webmail].
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At vacation webpage you can turn the vacation message on and off, specify the subject and content of vacation message replies and specify how often to send vacation message replies.  Finally you can even set vacation start and end times. 
 
== Printing in Fine Hall ==
 
== Printing in Fine Hall ==
  

Revision as of 01:09, 8 November 2005

On this page you will find answers to some of most frequently asked questions about computing at Fine Hall.

E-mail

Read e-mail

You can read your e-mail in one of the following ways:

  • login via ssh to math.princeton.edu or pacm.princeton.edu and use pine, mutt or other terminal based E-mail clients
  • use Math Dept. WebMail
  • configure your e-mail client (like Thunderbird, Mozilla, Outlook and others) to access your e-mail via IMAP by following instructions in HowTos section about E-mail configuration

Forward e-mail from Princeton to your Math/PACM account

Open up in your browser OIT Account Management Page. You will be asked for your OIT username and password. Once logged in click on "Set Email Delivery" link on the left. That will bring "Where Is My Mail Going" information - if you you haven't changed your e-mail delivery location from default it is likely to be yourusername@mail.Princeton.EDU. Click on "Change Entry" button (found next to current delivery E-mail) and on next screen forward your Priceton email by setting your primary mail delivery location to your yourusername@math.princeton.edu E-mail address and then click on "Submit Changes".

Forward e-mail from your math account

To forward all of your math e-mail to another account, e.g. if you are leaving Princeton, create in your home directory .forward file that contains the e-mail address where your email will be forwarded. You can specify multiple E-mail addresses, each on its own line.

Vacation messages

Vacation messages can be set through Math/PACM webmail by going to https://www.math.princeton.edu/horde3/vacation/. You can also find vacation setting webpage under the "My Account" on the left side menu of the webmail.

At vacation webpage you can turn the vacation message on and off, specify the subject and content of vacation message replies and specify how often to send vacation message replies. Finally you can even set vacation start and end times.

Printing in Fine Hall

Remote connections

Computational Resources

What Computational clusters are available