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ECE email server
The Research Computing Support service operates in-house email services as part of the unix login account service. Login accounts on the research networks are optional at the discretion of the supervisor. Each login account includes an email address of
username@ece.utoronto.ca
Users can access mail via IMAP or through webmail.ece.utoronto.ca, using the account name and password for their Unix login.
Email Client Settings
Many client programs will automatically configure the appropriate IMAP connection settings for your account, but confirm that the connection settings your client configures are the same as what's listed below.
The outgoing SMTP mail server is mail.ece.utoronto.ca. The SMTP server uses secure SSL/TLS port 465.
SMTP server IP address 128.100.10.107 using SSL/TLS port 465
The incoming IMAP mail server is mail.ece.utoronto.ca. The IMAP server uses secure SSL/TLS port 993.
IMAP server IP address 128.100.10.107 using SSL/TLS port 993
Managing your User Settings on the Server
User settings can be modified through a web-based interface called Usermin. SpamAssassin filter settings, Procmail filter settings, forwarding email, and autoreply (vacation) messages can be configured. The Mail option in the upper-left of the Usermin web interface , when expanded, will list the user tools installed.
The service is protected by the ECE firewall, so if you are not connecting from ECE Tier-1 or Tier-2 machines, you have to use the ECE VPN server or the UofT VPN server to access the web pages.
https://mail.ece.utoronto.ca:20000
How-tos for web-based interface:
Setting Up ECE email autoreply (vacation)
Setting Up ECE email forwarding
The ECE email server uses Spamassassin for filtering Spam email. The system scores incoming email based on sender, subject, content, attachments and additional attributes and if the score is high enough, the email is placed in your Spam folder.
Spam will still get through since there is a balancing act between allowing legitimate email and blocking spam. Spammers are constantly finding ways to disguise their spam to look like legitimate email.
The following web page shows how to mark incoming email addresses as Always Allow (Whitelist) or Always Deny (Blacklist).
Allow and Deny email Addresses in Spamassassin (Spam filter Whitelist and Blacklist)
The following web page shows how to define additional tests on incoming email depending on content of the header or body. Custom tests are usually not needed but in the case you are getting a lot of false positives or negatives then the option is available.
Additional content tests for Spamassassin
Procmail can be very useful for users that receive large amounts of incoming mail.