Supported Email Programs in DAMTP

Anyone whose email was set up after 1 September 2005 has their email stored on Hermes. Some people whose email was set up prior to this date also have their email on Hermes. Everyone else has their email stored on the damtp system.

Regardless of which system your email is stored on you still need to access it. DAMTP provides support for the following email programs - known as MUAs

Supported Mail Programs

• Webmail: For people reading their email on Hermes use https://webmail.hermes.cam.ac.uk. If your email is stored on the damtp system use https://webmail.damtp.cam.ac.uk. Both webmails can be accessed internally and externally. They are easy to use, have comprehensive on-line help, and are recommended for new users.
• Thunderbird: Email client from the Mozilla foundation. We strongly recommend you use Thunderbird.
• pine: one does not use a mouse with pine.
• mutt: simple, vi style and highly configurable.

Unsupported Email Programs

The following programs are available but unsupported in DAMTP. If you choose to use them you are on your own in terms of support.

• Apple Mail.
  • Configuration Details
  • Accessing the university directory with Apple Mail
• mail is still widely-used because of its great age, but lacks modern facilities such as support for MIME (attachments).
• kmail KDE email program.
• xmail, xmh

  are X applications experienced users of the X Window System may prefer.
  For further information about xmail see the on-line manual pages.

General

• Programs supported by the computing service and how to set them up for Hermes. .
• Email settings (Hermes) details
• DAMTP Email settings.