FAQs - 4 - Email
4.1 - What is my email address?
username@netsoc.tcd.ie
4.2 - How to I collect my
email?
By default, your netsoc email is forwarded to your tcd addresss, so just check that.
4.3 - I want to use Matrix to look at my
mail.
You can use Pine or Mutt to check your tcd (and hence netsoc) imap account.
To deliver your mail locally (to matrix), run the command mv ~/.forward ~/.forward.bak.
4.4 - I want to forward my mail
somewhere else.
Use this command: echo some@other.address > ~/.forward.
4.5 - Do you provide pop3/imap/webmail
access?
No. Use tcd's pop3/imap/webmail access instead.
4.6 - What mail software do you
run?
postfix
4.7 - Can you set me up a mailing
list?
Maybe. Apply using this form.
4.8 - I want to change my email address.
That'll involve a username change. Apply using this form.
4.9 - How do I filter spam?
Insert the following into your procmail recipe:
### spam assasin
:0fw
| /usr/local/bin/spamc
:0:
* ^X-Spam-Flag: YES$
IN.spam
4.10 - How about a signature?
echo "This is my signature!" > ~/.signature