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UNBC Mail Services
Overview
UNBC currently has a
hybrid approach to mail services. We are running a UNIX mail
server and an Microsoft Exchange mail server. The Exchange server is the home to the majority of staff, student and faculty
mailboxes. ITS provides central spam and
virus filtering, web access to mail, and support for IMAP and
POP. The following topics outline specific mail services and policies.
Related Topics:
Mail Restrictions & Filtering
Exchange Mail
Mailing Lists
Adding an account to your Iphone
Mail Restrictions & Filtering
UNBC enforces several restrictions on mail. The following is a list of such restrictions or filtering:
Message Size
One
of the most important restrictions is the sending size of messages.
When sending a message, the message currently cannot exceed 20MB. This
restriction is in place to ensure that mail is fast and efficient.
Spam & Virus Filtering
All
email at UNBC is filtered through a central SPAM & Virus filter. If
a message qualifies as SPAM or is a Virus, the message is removed from
the system and will not be delivered to your mailbox. In addition, you
will not be notified that the message was not delivered. The system
detects over 99% of all viruses entering the mail system, but some
messages still get delivered. This means that you should be cautious
about opening attachments that you are not expecting.
Exchange Mail
Microsoft
Exchange provides users with a rich messaging and collaboration
environment.
Using Microsoft Outlook, exchange mailbox users have access to items
such as mail,
calendar, tasks, contacts, and journal. etc. The Exchange service
allows users to read email both at work and off campus, share
individual folders/calendar and use public folders for departmental
work. In addition to Microsoft Outlook, we also support web based access to email using Microsoft Outlook Web Access (owa.unbc.ca), and via IMAP or POP protocols.
The following topics will help you familiarize yourself with the service.
Related Topics:
Mailbox Quotas
Microsoft Outlook AutoArchiving
Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA)
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