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Access to your E-Mail from outside the department
The departmental E-Mail servers are accessible from anywhere in the world. Configure your E-Mail Client to use IMAP (or POP) as described under the Client setup section.
It does pay off to use a regular E-Mail client ... it takes only a minute or so to configure and once you've done that, you can access you E-Mail in the best possible way. Certainly on your laptop or from your home computer this is the best way to access your E-Mail.
If you need to access your E-Mail from a machine you do not regularly use or that you do not trust enough to configure your E-Mail account on, there are 2 possibilities:
- learn how to use a character-based E-Mail client (e.g. mutt) and use that over an ssh connection (with e.g. putty.exe)
If you are willing to invest in the learning curve, this will also pay off because it will give you nearly the same possibilities as a regular GUI E-Mail client once you get accustomed to it.
- configure your Zimbra account to give access to your departmental E-Mail
The remainder of this page describes our Zimbra-based webmail service ... we advise to only use it as a last resort.
The Zimbra webmail
Besides giving access to your Calendar, the Zimbra web interface can also be used to access your departmental E-Mail.
For this functionality to work without problems, there are some configuration changes for both your Zimbra and your mail account.
If you want to use the Zimbra webmail functionality, you need to make an appointment with helpdesk so we can plan a time slot to do so that suits both: you need to be available during the configuration changes.
Please make sure you plan the use of Zimbra webmail functionality well in advance ... we cannot guarantee a flawless migration instantaneously; depending on your exact situation more or less changes need to be done and of course tested.
For the curious ones, the (Old) K.U.Leuven webmail is described here.
