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CLAS does not currently have a webmail interface due to resource limitations, so users have two main choices for reading email from off-campus. Many users forward their CLAS email to another service and use that service's web mail. Other users configure an IMAP mail client so that they can read their email from many different computers. There are some caveats to either solution.
If you forward your email, you must be certain the other address is not already forwarding to CLAS, which causes a mailing loop. Also, many other services experience significant delays in processing email, or stop accepting mail entirely for periods of days. Either situation can cause you to miss time-critical messages.
If you configure an email client off campus you must be sure to use the IMAP protocol, never POP. IMAP will save messages and mail folders on the server so that they are accessible everywhere. If you read your mail with POP, messages will only exist on the machine where you read them. Check with your contact to be sure you are using IMAP in the office before configuring it at home.
If you send email from home, be sure to configure your outgoing
(SMTP) email server to use the "closest server", usually
your Internet Service Proivder's (ISP) SMTP server. Using the ISP's
server will allow you to send email to anyone. Choosing the wrong
server will greatly restrict who you can send email to. For GatorLink
users, the SMTP server is smtp.ufl.edu, and for Cox Cable
users smtp.east.cox.net is the correct server. Please ask
your ISP or check their web pages to be sure you are using the right
server.
All of the CLAS home directory and shared file spaces are
accessible via FTP. If you want to upload or download files to the PC
server, you'll need to FTP to the server
novell.clas.ufl.edu and log in with your CLAS username
and password.
CLAS does not support, or allow, direct PC access using software
such as vnc or Timbuktu. Nor do we allow
indivudual PCs to share their hard drives or have remote logins
enabled. These systems require individual workstations to have open
internet connections which make them servers. CLAS maintains a strict
server connection policy which is
designed to protect all users from outside attacks.
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Last updated: Jun 15, 2004 (10:55:57 AM EDT)
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