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Using e-mail at the CS Department

E-mail addresses

Each of the computing facilities users at the CS Department has an e-mail address:

forename.(x.)surname@cs.helsinki.fi

The initial letter of the second forename (x) is used if there are several users with the same names. An alternative e-mail address is username@cs.helsinki.fi which is directed to the same mailbox.

Please pay attention to capitalization. The part before the at sign should be written either totally with lower case letters or with the initial letter of each name in capitals and other letters in lower case. Capitalization has no effect in the latter (domain) part of the address but we recommend writing it totally with minors.

You can check someone's e-mail address in the local home page index or the University of Helsinki E-mail Directory. Each user can check his address with the command lupa in CS Linux. It's not smart to guess e-mail addresses because you can't be sure whether the initial letter of the second forename is used and the addresses at the IT Department and the CS Department can be different.

E-mail addresses at the IT Department take the form forename.(x.)surname@helsinki.fi. This so-called Helsinki e-mail can be forwarded to the CS Department either through the Mappi or the cc-unix system at the IT Department.

Using e-mail locally

Using e-mail remotely

Using e-mail remotely always requires a secure connection. Thus, you should start by installing the HY-CA root certificate according to the instuctions on the web page.

Addresses of the mail servers

E-mail folders

There are a few special folders on the mail server:

You can create additional folders when needed. (The folders are accessible only through mail applications, not as files.)

Redirecting mail

You can redirect your mail from the CS Department to another address, and leave copies of the redirected mail on the CS Department server if necessary. Redirections can be set up in the SqWebMail as follows: (if another redirection is already in effect, you can adjust the sorting rules with the help of these instructions)

  1. Log in to SqWebMail
  2. Go to "Edit Mail Filters" by clicking the link at the top of the page
  3. Fill in the following data in the "Edit/Add mail filter" form
    • "Rule name: postinohjaus"
    • Click on "Condition: Message is" and write 0 (null). (This option chooses all messages that are larger than 0 bytes, i.e. all messages)
    • Click on "Action: Forward to:" and write your redirection address. If you want copies of the redirected mail to remain at the CS Dept., please choose "and continue filtering".
  4. Click on "Submit".
  5. Click on "Save all changes". The redirection will be effective immediately.
  6. Finally you can log out of Webmail by clicking on the "Log Out" link at the top to the right.

You can redirect your mail only through the web user interface. We no longer support .forward files at the CS Department.

Other issues

The size limit for e-mail messages is 50 MB. We suggest transferring big files with SFTP or placing the file on a password-protected web page.

More information

The following issues of the CS Department's IT News have useful information on e-mail:

Links

Computing facilities at the CS Department

itsupport@cs.helsinki.fi

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