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2009-10-09T23:19:20Z

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=[/ UC Berkeley Department of Mathematics]=

==Computing Support==

Welcome to the UC Berkeley Math Department computing support wiki. This wiki is intended to be complementary to the official [/computing/ computing support site.] We hope to provide information of use to all members of our department. In order to do that, we want to enlist your help.

Most pages can be edited by anyone who's logged in, and anyone can create an account. Feel free to add any computing related help and information.

===Email===
* [[CalMail conversion]]
* How to setup clients on your own computer to check your [[Email]] from the Calmail servers.

===TeX and LaTeX===
* [[TeX (generally)]]
* How to [[LaTeX basics|use LaTeX]].
* How to [[LaTeX Install|install LaTeX]] on your own computer.

===Printing and Scanning===
* How to [[set up|set up]] printing on the department's printers from a Macintosh on the department network.
* How to [[printing|print]] on the department's printers from your laptop.
* How to [/~gbergman/958_scanner.html use the copier in 958 Evans as a scanner].

===Math Department Servers===
* How to [[Webpage Guide|create a homepage]].
* How to [[File Management|manage files on the math department servers]].
* How to use [[SSH Access|remote shell access]].
* How to [[Software|get math software]].

===Miscellaneous===
* How to [[Proxy Servers|access MathSciNet and UC E-links from off-campus]].
* How to use [[slides]] in the seminar rooms.
* How to get a [https://calnet.berkeley.edu/ Calnet Identity]. (Everyone is supposed to have one of these, and you will need it to set up your CalMail account.)
* How to [/~gbergman/papers/arXiv.html post a paper] on the arXiv preprint server.
* [[Disk quotas]]

==Suggestions for Future Articles==
Please record any ideas you have for [[Future Articles]] that you would like to see.

Email

2009-10-09T23:17:34Z

Ogus: /* Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app" */

== Note about the CalMail conversion ==

After the transition to CalMail, the imap server on math.berkeley.edu will continue to run for a while to allow for you to migrate your mailboxes.
We recommend that you not delete your math email account settings from your mail client for a while after you have setup your Calmail account. The accounts will be separate in your mail client,
which will easily keep track of both. Below are instructions on how to set up accounts both using the math department server and the Calmail server. Before you set up your Calmail account, go to the Calmail Web page to create your new password. See the FAQ on how to do this. The outgoing mail SMTP server mail.math.berkeley.edu will keep running for a very short while after the migration but will go away very soon. We recommend that you use the calmail server (calmail.berkeley.edu) exclusively.

=Email Configuration=

==Mac OS X 10.5==

===Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app"===

Open Mail. If this is the first time you've run Mail, you'll be prompted to add an account. If not, choose File -> Add Account...

Fill in the first screen with your appropriate details:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Account Type: IMAP
* Incoming Mail Server: calmail.berkeley.edu
[[Image:incoming.png]]

On the next screen, enter

*Outgoing Mail server: calmail.berkeley.edu
[[Image:outgoing.png]]

On the final screen, verify the details and create the account:

[[Image:summary.png]]

You need not set any IMAP prefix.

Close the preferences window, choosing to save your changes when prompted. Then restart Mail (by quitting and reopening it) to have your changes take effect.

After this we recommend you check your SMTP servers. Do this by again selecting Accounts from the Preferences menu. You should find the following pane:[[Image:Smtp.png]]

Select the popup list called Outing Mail Server to be sure it is set to calmail.berkeley.edu.

===Thunderbird===

(Content not available yet.)

==Windows Vista==

(Content not available yet.)

==Unix/Linux==

===Pine===
Here one user got pine working on the math department servers:
<blockquote>
The relevant parts of my <tt>.pinerc</tt> are:

<pre>
smtp-server=mail.math.berkeley.edu:587/tls/user=bfroehle
inbox-path={mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}INBOX
folder-collections=Mail {mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}mail/[]
</pre>

-Brad
</blockquote>

There is also a [[Calmail_alpine]] page.

===mutt===
<blockquote>
Instructions for using mutt with IMAP for Calmail are on the [[Calmail_mutt]] page.
</blockquote>

Email Calmail Settings

2009-10-02T21:42:47Z

Ogus:

=== CalMail Math Account Name ===

In order to use CalMail Math account, you need to remember that your CalMail user name '''username@math.berkeley.edu''' includes your Math login name and '''@math.berkeley.edu'''. Also the server to which you should connect is '''calmail.berkeley.edu'''.

=== CalMail Instructions ===

There are [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=400 CalMail instructions]
for many email clients on the UCB knowledge base.

=== Older Math Department Instructions ===

Our local documentation maintained by Math users is [[Email | here]] and there is also some Calmail information [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry.jspa?externalID=406 here].

=== [[Email|Apple Mail client]] ===

=== Thunderbird ===

See our [[Calmail Thunderbird]] page; the CalMail knowledge base information is [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=413 here].

=== pine/alpine ===

The [[Calmail alpine]] page contains rudimentary documentation.

=== mutt ===

Here is a page [[Calmail mutt | on using mutt with Calmail]].

=== CalMail language settings ===

Here is a user contributed page on [[CalMail language settings]].

--[[User:SteveSizemore|Steve Sizemore - Unix System Manager]] 16:19, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

File Management

2009-06-30T22:22:03Z

Ogus: /* Using the Macintosh Finder */

This page describes how to manage your files on the math department network, both remotely and locally.

==Connecting to the Network==

In order to manage your account, you first have to connect to the network. If you are in Evans, you can log onto one of the departmental computers (such as the ones in 1015 annex or 838) and instantly be on your math department account. Note that the only computers allowed to be physically connected to the network are the departmental ones. Therefore, if you want to connect from another computer, such as your laptop or home computer, you need to connect remotely. There are two kinds of programs that can connect your computer remotely, SSH and SFTP.

===SSH===

SSH stands for Secure Shell. For those who have used Telnet before, it is practically the same program except that is has encryption to securely transfer data. The department server no longer accepts connection requests from Telnet clients, so you have to use SSH if you want to connect.

SSH basically is a program that mimics the Terminal windows found on our department's computers. It is useful for editing files, changing file permissions and running basic programs like text editors or Pine email program. With a more elaborate setup, you can actually run programs such as web browsers remotely through SSH (but be warned, it can be an extremely slow process!).

* Windows: you need to download an SSH client. One option is [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Putty]. Then use the SSH client to connect to <code>login.math.berkeley.edu</code>, using your usual departmental username and password.
* Mac: you already have SSH installed with your operating system. Just go to Utilities and click on Terminal. In the terminal window, type: <code>ssh -l <username> login.math.berkeley.edu</code> The <code>-l <username></code> part indicates to SSH that you want to log in with that specific username; if you don't include this text, then SSH will automatically use the account name on your computer (which probably won't be your departmental username).
* Unix: you probably have SSH preinstalled as well. Just open a terminal window and type in the same thing Mac users do.

Professor Vojta has the following [/computing/vojta/ssh.html reference].

===SFTP===

SFTP stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol, which is a secure version of FTP. As with Telnet, the department server no longer accepts connection requests from FTP, in order to increase network security.

As the name suggests, this program is primarily used to transfer files between the computer you are on and your account on the department network. Many SFTP clients have a graphical interface which make downloading and uploading very easy, and most also have an easy way of changing file and directory permissions.

If you have a command-line <tt>ssh</tt> program on your Mac or Unix computer, you probably have <tt>sftp</tt> as well. A recommendation for Windows is [http://winscp.net/ WinSCP].

===Using the Macintosh Finder===
There are several protocols that will allow you to access and manipulate files on our unix network via the Macintosh finder. Probably the easiest to use is "Netatalk,"
which unfortunately is not very robustly supported, and may be turned off at some point in the future. At present you can use it from any Macintosh computer, either in your office or from home or another location. After this is done, connecting is easy: just select "Connect to server" in the "Go" menu of the Finder. This will bring up the "Connect to Server" dialog box. Enter "afp://blue2.math.berkeley.edu". You should then be greeted with another dialog box asking for your password---your standard unix password should work. Once the connection goes through, a second dialog will appear, asking you to select a volume to mount. Choose the one with your unix user name. At this point your unix home directory should appear as a volume on your Macintosh. Be sure to unmount the volume when you are finished with it.

Another option is to use SMB (Samba). The basic method is the same, but enter "smb://gold.math.berkeley.edu" in the "Connect to Server" dialog box, There is an additional wrinkle, however: SMB connections are not allowed from off campus computers. To get around this, you must use the Virtual Private Network (VPN)
client provided by Campus Central Computing. Actually the VPN is useful in other contexts too, for example to connect to library resources without going through the web proxies. Your SMB password need not be the same as your unix password. Ask a system administrator to assign you one, and then change it. To do this, you must log in to
panda. You need to ssh to panda.math.berkeley.edu as described above. Then use the following command: "smbpasswd -r gold" and follow the prompts. Beware that if you enter the wrong password or forget to type "-r gold", it will simply say "NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED" without telling you why,

==Using Unix commands==

Once you've logged into your account, either on one of the department's computers or using [[#SSH|SSH]], you will be presented with a Unix command line.

===Navigation===

Every file and directory has a path; if you think of the directories as a tree, then the path is just the path in the tree through all the subdirectories you need to get to that directory or file. For example, your account's home directory is <code>/home/u2/grad/<username></code>

* <code>cd <pathname></code> '''C'''hange '''d'''irectory to the one given in <pathname>. This command has a very fine distinction between absolute paths and relative paths. If the pathname does not begin with / then it signifies that you are talking about subdirectories of the current one. If it does begin with / then you are specifying the path from the root of the directory tree.

Tip: Use Tab to complete file or directory names.

* <code>cd ..</code> Go up one level in the hierarchy.
* <code>cd</code> With no argument, this command returns you to your home directory.
* <code>pwd</code> Print current directory. This is really useful if you've forgotten what directory you're in.
* <code>ls</code> '''L'''i'''s'''ts the files and subdirectories of the present directory.
* <code>ls -a</code> Lists all the files and subdirectories in the present directory. This includes files which begin with a <code>.</code>, which are usually hidden: mostly settings files and other weird junk that usually you don't care about.
* <code>ls -l</code> Lists files and subdirectories with other information about them, including [[#Permissions|permissions]].

===Create, Move and Destroy===

The file server tends to treat directories very differently from files, so if you're going to do some major changes to you account heirarchy it's probably better to use a graphical SFTP program than trying to do this all in a terminal or SSH.

* <code>mkdir <name></code> '''M'''a'''k'''es a new '''dir'''ectory with the given name.
* <code>cp <filename> <pathname></code> Creates a '''c'''o'''p'''y of file <filename> in the directory given by <pathname>. The same caveat regarding pathnames applies as with <code>cd</code>. This assumes that the file is in the current directory. If you'd like to move a file in a different directory, you have to put the file's path instead of <filename>.
* <code>mv <filename> <pathname></code> '''M'''o'''v'''es a file to a different location. By specifying a filename at the end of the second path, you can also rename the file.
* <code>rm <filename></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves (deletes) the file. Be careful because unlike moving a file to the trash, once you've typed the <code>rm</code> command there's no way to get the file back. For directories, you have to use:
* <code>rmdir <directoryname></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves a '''dir'''ectory. You can only remove a directory if it is empty.

===Permissions===

Unix has different levels of permissions associated to files which control what you and other people can do. Somewhat confusingly, these are set using a 3 digit number, but the <code>ls -l</code> command displays them using a sequence of letters and dashes. There are many variations, but most of the time the following guidelines work:
* For things you want other people to see (such as web pages): use 644 (<code>rw-r--r--</code> in <code>ls -l</code>) for files and 755 (<code>rwxr-xr-x</code>) for directories.
* For things which you don't what other people to read: use 600 (<code>rw-------</code>) for files and 700 (<code>rwx------</code>) for directories.
The command for setting the permissions on a file is <code>chmod</code>, for example: <code>chmod 644 index.html</code>. For more details, read on.

There are three different permissions and three different classes of users to which these permissions can be assigned. The permissions are read (r), write (w), and execute (x). For files, read and write mean the obvious things. The execute permission gives the ability to run the file as a program. For directories, the interpretations are slightly different: the read permission is the ability to see the list of files in the directory, the write permission allows you to create, move, and delete files in the directory, and the execute permission is necessary to do anything with files in the directory or its subdirectories other than see the list of files in the directory itself. Note that the ability to delete a file depends on having write permission to the directory it's contained in, and not anything with the file itself.

The three classes of users which may be given each of these three permissions: owner (i.e. you), group, and others. By default on the math servers, files you create will belong to the <code>grad</code> group, which includes all graduate students. Each of these three classes is assigned some subset of the permissions above. The three-digit code is formed by having one digit for each class (in the order: owner, group, others), and the binary expansion of the digit represents the permissions (read = 4, write = 2, execute = 1). For example, 644 gives read and write permission to the owner and read permission to the group and others.

Email

2009-04-07T20:24:38Z

Ogus: /* Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app" */

== Note about the CalMail conversion ==

After the transition to CalMail, the imap server on math.berkeley.edu will continue to run for a while to allow for you to migrate your mailboxes.
We recommend that you not delete your math email account settings from your mail client for a while after you have setup your Calmail account. The accounts will be separate in your mail client,
which will easily keep track of both. Below are instructions on how to set up accounts both using the math department server and the Calmail server. Before you set up your Calmail account, go to the Calmail Web page to create your new password. See the FAQ on how to do this. The outgoing mail SMTP server mail.math.berkele.edu will keep running for a very short while after the migration but will go away very soon. We recommend that you use the calmail server (calmail.berkeley.edu) exclusively.

=Email Configuration=

==Mac OS X 10.5==

===Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app"===

Open Mail. If this is the first time you've run Mail, you'll be prompted to add an account. If not, choose File -> Add Account...

Fill in the first screen with your appropriate details:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Account Type: IMAP
* Incoming Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-1.png]]
or
* Incoming Mail Server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the Calmail server)
[[Image:incoming.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Outgoing Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server
[[Image:outgoing.png]]

or, for your CalMail account:
*Outgoing Mail server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the calmail server)
[[Image:outgoing.png]]

On the final screen, verify the details and create the account:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-3.png]]
Or:
[[Image:summary.png]]

Lastly, you'll need to set your IMAP prefix. To do this, go to Mail -> Preferences... and select the "Accounts" tab. Choose your math account in the list on the left, and click on the "Advanced" tab. Enter:
* IMAP Path Prefix: Mail
(NB: While "Mail" is the recommended path prefix, if you've used IMAP before your path prefix may be different.)

(NB: You do not need to set this for your Calmail account.)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Accounts.png]]

Close the preferences window, choosing to save your changes when prompted. Then restart Mail (by quitting and reopening it) to have your changes take effect.

After this we recommend you check your SMTP servers. Do this by again selecting Accounts from the Preferences menu. You should find the following pane:[[Image:Smtp.png]]

Select the popup list called Outing Mail Server to be sure it is set to calmail.berkeley.edu. If you select this button you will find a hidden option to edit SMTP servers, and then you will be able to delete the mail.math.berkeley.edu server.

===Thunderbird===

(Content not available yet.)

==Windows Vista==

(Content not available yet.)

==Unix/Linux==

===Pine===
Here one user got pine working on the math department servers:
<blockquote>
The relevant parts of my <tt>.pinerc</tt> are:

<pre>
smtp-server=mail.math.berkeley.edu:587/tls/user=bfroehle
inbox-path={mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}INBOX
folder-collections=Mail {mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}mail/[]
</pre>

-Brad
</blockquote>

There is also a [[Calmail_alpine]] page.

===mutt===
<blockquote>
Instructions for using mutt with IMAP for Calmail are on the [[Calmail_mutt]] page.
</blockquote>

File:Smtp.png

2009-04-07T20:17:29Z

Ogus:

Email

2009-04-07T01:56:09Z

Ogus: /* Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app" */

=CalMail Conversion=

After the transition to calmail, the imap server on math.berkeley.edu will continue to run until we have completed the migration of mail boxes.
We recommend that you not delete your math email account settings from your mail client for a while after you have setup your Calmail account. The accounts will be separate in your mail client,
which will easily keep track of both. Below are instructions on how to set up accounts both using the math department server and the Calmail server. Before you set up your Calmail account, go to the Calmail Web page to create your new password. See the FAQ on how to do this.

=Email Configuration=

==Mac OS X 10.5==

===Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app"===

Open Mail. If this is the first time you've run Mail, you'll be prompted to add an account. If not, choose File -> Add Account...

Fill in the first screen with your appropriate details:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Account Type: IMAP
* Incoming Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-1.png]]
or
* Incoming Mail Server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the Calmail server)
[[Image:incoming.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Outgoing Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server
[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-2.png]]

or, for your CalMail account:
*Outgoing Mail server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the calmail server)
[[Image:outgoing.png]]

On the final screen, verify the details and create the account:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-3.png]]
Or:
[[Image:summary.png]]

Lastly, you'll need to set your IMAP prefix. To do this, go to Mail -> Preferences... and select the "Accounts" tab. Choose your math account in the list on the left, and click on the "Advanced" tab. Enter:
* IMAP Path Prefix: Mail
(NB: While "Mail" is the recommended path prefix, if you've used IMAP before your path prefix may be different.)

(NB: You do not need to set this for your Calmail account.)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Accounts.png]]

Close the preferences window, choosing to save your changes when prompted. Then restart Mail (by quitting and reopening it) to have your changes take effect.

===Thunderbird===

(Content not available yet.)

==Windows Vista==

(Content not available yet.)

==Unix/Linux==

===Pine===
Here one user got pine working on the math department servers:
<blockquote>
The relevant parts of my <tt>.pinerc</tt> are:

<pre>
smtp-server=mail.math.berkeley.edu:587/tls/user=bfroehle
inbox-path={mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}INBOX
folder-collections=Mail {mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}mail/[]
</pre>

-Brad
</blockquote>

There is also a [[Calmail_alpine]] page.

===mutt===
<blockquote>
Instructions for using mutt with IMAP for Calmail are on the [[Calmail_mutt]] page.
</blockquote>

File:Outgoing.png

2009-04-07T01:54:10Z

Ogus: uploaded a new version of "Image:Outgoing.png"

File:Summary.png

2009-04-07T01:53:37Z

Ogus:

File:Outgoing.png

2009-04-07T01:53:04Z

Ogus:

File:Incoming.png

2009-04-07T01:52:30Z

Ogus:

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-04-06T21:19:15Z

Ogus: /* Frequently Asked Questions, with Answers */

At 9:00 A.M., on April 6, the Mathematics Department will switch its
email system to the campus' email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam, clever spammers, and changes in the way that email is used are making it increasingly difficult for
us properly to manage an email in-house system.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail server, spam should be more effectively reduced,
and disk storage for mail on the CalMail server
will be substantially larger.

The main change for users is in the way that you read incoming mail. The extent of this change depends on which mail client you use.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), '''Thunderbird''', Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes, although you will need to change the configuration.
* '''Eudora''' may work, but its use is strongly discouraged. In fact, Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. Please see [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=1765 this article] on Eudora-to-Thunderbird migration from IS&T knowledge base. Also have a look at Tom Holub's [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ blog] with additional discussion and links to LSCR howto pages. Apple's Mail.app has built-in support for migrating from Eudora.
* Users who read mail using the department's [https://math.berkeley.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php '''SquirrelMail'''] web interface will need to point their browsers to [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ '''CalMail'''] instead.
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how you read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.
* Users of emacs RMAIL will be responsible for managing the transition on their own. Probably RMAIL per se will not work, except via VM ("View Mail"). For documentation on VM, see the following [http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ link].

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition. (e.g., see the question on setting your CalMail password, below).

== Frequently Asked Questions, with Answers ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.

;"'How can I use the CalMail web-based tool?'"
: Just go to https://calmail.berkeley.edu/and log in. Your username will be your math.berkeley.edu address and your password will be the special CalMail password that you have already set up, as described below.

; '''How should I configure my email client?'''
: See [[Email Calmail Settings]]

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that incoming and outgoing mail will be handled by CalMail servers instead of by Math Department computers. (This assumes that you have a valid Calnet ID; if that's not the case see the answers below.)

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two independent CalMail accounts after the transition.

: New accounts have already been created for most users, including all staff and faculty. You may access them now. Note that your login on Calmail includes the text '''@math.berkeley.edu'''. If you find that you do not have an account, either we were unable to obtain a Calnet UID for you, or you do not have a valid Calnet ID.

; '''What if I already have a Calmail account?'''
: It will continue to operate, independent of this new account. You might want to arrange to forward mail from one to the other. Note that settings are not shared between your two CalMail accounts; if you forward mail from your old CalMail account, that does not result in mail being forwarded from the new account, unless you set it up.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No, not unless you have independently created one. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu should have already been created, or if not, will be created for you soon. It will not be receiving any email until after the transition.

; '''How do I create my new password?'''
: You cannot create the new password without valid Calnet ID. (See the question about Calnet ID below.) If you have any doubts, you can verify your Calnet Id here: [https://auth.berkeley.edu/cas/login?renew=true&service=https://auth.berkeley.edu here]. (By now you should have changed your Calnet id from you employee number to a personalized one.) Once your new account has been established, you should use a web browser and go to the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/calnet_password Change Password] link, on the left side of the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ Calmail home page]. That will allow you to authenticate via Calnet ID, and return you to the password page. Enter your '''''Login''''', which will be '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu, and then create a new password.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: The existing mail quota system will no longer be in effect. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''', presently used for incoming mail and subject to the 25 MB departmental quota. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own quota of 1 GB per user. (In the unlikely event that even 1 GB is not enough for you, you can send a request for an increase to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''.)

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Nothing will happen to your inbox on the Math server without your explicit action. You should move the contents of your inbox (the file '''/var/mail/''username''''') to your new account, using your IMAP mail client. You may also have mail folders stored in your home directory. The departmental imap server, as well as some mail clients, may immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. Most people store mail in folders within their home directories. The transition will not affect the mbox file, other mail folders, or anything else within your home directory. These can be moved at your leisure (before or after April 6), once you have set up the password for your CalMail account - see [[Move_mbox_Calmail]].

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?'''
: When sending mail from one of the Math Department workstations or servers, you should not see any difference. If you've configured your own email client for remote access, you'll need to change the server settings, specifically the SMTP server, which should be calmail.berkeley.edu.

; '''What will happen to the mailing list(s) that I manage?'''
: Managed mailing lists (i.e. Mailman lists) will be moved for you. The list address will not change. Currently, Calmail doesn't provide Mailman archiving, but that may change soon.

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your home directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. By default, your .forward settings will not be transferred to the new account; however, we can do that for you if you specifically request it, via email to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''. See [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry.jspa?externalID=317 CalMail page about forwarding].

: If you currently do not have a login account, but email to your '''@math.berkeley.edu''' address is forwarded, that forwarding will stop, unless you explicitly request it to continue via email to '''request@math.berkeley.edu'''.

; '''What if I don't have a valid Calnet ID?'''
: Unfortunately, without a valid [https://calnet.berkeley.edu/ Calnet ID], we cannot create an account for you on Calmail. If you forgot your Calnet ID pass-phrase, contact Kathy Santos or Jennifer Sixt to reset the pass-phrase. If you have a login account in the Math Department, or mail forwarding from an older account, but do not currently have a valid Calnet ID, we can arrange for mail forwarding to your new account. Send a request to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''. Our current position is that we will honor all such requests, and we have not set any time limit on that forwarding. (This could change, if the administrative load becomes too great.)

; '''I do have a valid Calnet ID. Why hasn't my new account been created?'''
: At this point we have requested calmail accounts for all users for which we have been able to find valid Calnet IDs. If you feel that you do (or should) have a valid Calnet iD, send email to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''. If possible, include your Calnet UID (which is not the same as your CalnetID). You should be able to look it up in the campus [http://directory.berkeley.edu/ directory].

; '''HELP! I can't understand this stuff. How can I get a person to help?'''
: There are a number of people that can be contacted for help. Please '''DO NOT''' call these people and say that you haven't bothered to read the documentation that so many of us have worked to prepare. Your appeal for personal help will be greeted much more sympathetically if you at least indicate that you have read this page. In fact, if you have read it, you may not actually need to contact anyone. However, if you do: First, you can contact the Calmail support team directly - consult@berkeley.edu, or 510-642-8500. Next, you can send email to request@math.berkeley.edu, or contact the unix support staff of LSCR, which includes Steve (2-8570) and Igor (3-8747). Staff can contact ''ohlone''. Faculty can get help from the LSCR faculty support team - fac_support@ls.berkeley.edu. A couple of faculty members, Arthur Ogus and Paul Vojta, are volunteering to help individual faculty by personal request. For faculty, on April 6 only, Michael Quan (faculty support team) will be in 993 Evans, available to help Mac and Windows users.

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-04-06T21:18:26Z

Ogus: /* Frequently Asked Questions, with Answers */

At 9:00 A.M., on April 6, the Mathematics Department will switch its
email system to the campus' email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam, clever spammers, and changes in the way that email is used are making it increasingly difficult for
us properly to manage an email in-house system.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail server, spam should be more effectively reduced,
and disk storage for mail on the CalMail server
will be substantially larger.

The main change for users is in the way that you read incoming mail. The extent of this change depends on which mail client you use.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), '''Thunderbird''', Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes, although you will need to change the configuration.
* '''Eudora''' may work, but its use is strongly discouraged. In fact, Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. Please see [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=1765 this article] on Eudora-to-Thunderbird migration from IS&T knowledge base. Also have a look at Tom Holub's [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ blog] with additional discussion and links to LSCR howto pages. Apple's Mail.app has built-in support for migrating from Eudora.
* Users who read mail using the department's [https://math.berkeley.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php '''SquirrelMail'''] web interface will need to point their browsers to [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ '''CalMail'''] instead.
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how you read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.
* Users of emacs RMAIL will be responsible for managing the transition on their own. Probably RMAIL per se will not work, except via VM ("View Mail"). For documentation on VM, see the following [http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ link].

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition. (e.g., see the question on setting your CalMail password, below).

== Frequently Asked Questions, with Answers ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.
; '''What is calmail?'''
: It is a web-based mail tool where email sent to your @math.berkeley.edu address will be sent by default after the change. To read and send email just go to https://calmail.berkeley.edu/
Your username will be your math.berkeley.edu address and you will need to set a password
using the "change password" to the left on the logon screen. This will require a calnet id
which is the same one you use when submitting grades on line.
If you don't want to use calmail to read and send email, follow other instructions.

;"'How can I use the CalMail web-based tool?'"
: Just go to https://calmail.berkeley.edu/. Your username will be your math.berkeley.edu address and your password will be the special CalMail password that you have already set up, as described below.

; '''How should I configure my email client?'''
: See [[Email Calmail Settings]]

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that incoming and outgoing mail will be handled by CalMail servers instead of by Math Department computers. (This assumes that you have a valid Calnet ID; if that's not the case see the answers below.)

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two independent CalMail accounts after the transition.

: New accounts have already been created for most users, including all staff and faculty. You may access them now. Note that your login on Calmail includes the text '''@math.berkeley.edu'''. If you find that you do not have an account, either we were unable to obtain a Calnet UID for you, or you do not have a valid Calnet ID.

; '''What if I already have a Calmail account?'''
: It will continue to operate, independent of this new account. You might want to arrange to forward mail from one to the other. Note that settings are not shared between your two CalMail accounts; if you forward mail from your old CalMail account, that does not result in mail being forwarded from the new account, unless you set it up.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No, not unless you have independently created one. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu should have already been created, or if not, will be created for you soon. It will not be receiving any email until after the transition.

; '''How do I create my new password?'''
: You cannot create the new password without valid Calnet ID. (See the question about Calnet ID below.) If you have any doubts, you can verify your Calnet Id here: [https://auth.berkeley.edu/cas/login?renew=true&service=https://auth.berkeley.edu here]. (By now you should have changed your Calnet id from you employee number to a personalized one.) Once your new account has been established, you should use a web browser and go to the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/calnet_password Change Password] link, on the left side of the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ Calmail home page]. That will allow you to authenticate via Calnet ID, and return you to the password page. Enter your '''''Login''''', which will be '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu, and then create a new password.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: The existing mail quota system will no longer be in effect. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''', presently used for incoming mail and subject to the 25 MB departmental quota. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own quota of 1 GB per user. (In the unlikely event that even 1 GB is not enough for you, you can send a request for an increase to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''.)

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Nothing will happen to your inbox on the Math server without your explicit action. You should move the contents of your inbox (the file '''/var/mail/''username''''') to your new account, using your IMAP mail client. You may also have mail folders stored in your home directory. The departmental imap server, as well as some mail clients, may immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. Most people store mail in folders within their home directories. The transition will not affect the mbox file, other mail folders, or anything else within your home directory. These can be moved at your leisure (before or after April 6), once you have set up the password for your CalMail account - see [[Move_mbox_Calmail]].

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?'''
: When sending mail from one of the Math Department workstations or servers, you should not see any difference. If you've configured your own email client for remote access, you'll need to change the server settings, specifically the SMTP server, which should be calmail.berkeley.edu.

; '''What will happen to the mailing list(s) that I manage?'''
: Managed mailing lists (i.e. Mailman lists) will be moved for you. The list address will not change. Currently, Calmail doesn't provide Mailman archiving, but that may change soon.

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your home directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. By default, your .forward settings will not be transferred to the new account; however, we can do that for you if you specifically request it, via email to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''. See [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry.jspa?externalID=317 CalMail page about forwarding].

: If you currently do not have a login account, but email to your '''@math.berkeley.edu''' address is forwarded, that forwarding will stop, unless you explicitly request it to continue via email to '''request@math.berkeley.edu'''.

; '''What if I don't have a valid Calnet ID?'''
: Unfortunately, without a valid [https://calnet.berkeley.edu/ Calnet ID], we cannot create an account for you on Calmail. If you forgot your Calnet ID pass-phrase, contact Kathy Santos or Jennifer Sixt to reset the pass-phrase. If you have a login account in the Math Department, or mail forwarding from an older account, but do not currently have a valid Calnet ID, we can arrange for mail forwarding to your new account. Send a request to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''. Our current position is that we will honor all such requests, and we have not set any time limit on that forwarding. (This could change, if the administrative load becomes too great.)

; '''I do have a valid Calnet ID. Why hasn't my new account been created?'''
: At this point we have requested calmail accounts for all users for which we have been able to find valid Calnet IDs. If you feel that you do (or should) have a valid Calnet iD, send email to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''. If possible, include your Calnet UID (which is not the same as your CalnetID). You should be able to look it up in the campus [http://directory.berkeley.edu/ directory].

; '''HELP! I can't understand this stuff. How can I get a person to help?'''
: There are a number of people that can be contacted for help. Please '''DO NOT''' call these people and say that you haven't bothered to read the documentation that so many of us have worked to prepare. Your appeal for personal help will be greeted much more sympathetically if you at least indicate that you have read this page. In fact, if you have read it, you may not actually need to contact anyone. However, if you do: First, you can contact the Calmail support team directly - consult@berkeley.edu, or 510-642-8500. Next, you can send email to request@math.berkeley.edu, or contact the unix support staff of LSCR, which includes Steve (2-8570) and Igor (3-8747). Staff can contact ''ohlone''. Faculty can get help from the LSCR faculty support team - fac_support@ls.berkeley.edu. A couple of faculty members, Arthur Ogus and Paul Vojta, are volunteering to help individual faculty by personal request. For faculty, on April 6 only, Michael Quan (faculty support team) will be in 993 Evans, available to help Mac and Windows users.

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-04-06T21:15:06Z

Ogus: /* Frequently Asked Questions, with Answers */

At 9:00 A.M., on April 6, the Mathematics Department will switch its
email system to the campus' email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam, clever spammers, and changes in the way that email is used are making it increasingly difficult for
us properly to manage an email in-house system.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail server, spam should be more effectively reduced,
and disk storage for mail on the CalMail server
will be substantially larger.

The main change for users is in the way that you read incoming mail. The extent of this change depends on which mail client you use.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), '''Thunderbird''', Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes, although you will need to change the configuration.
* '''Eudora''' may work, but its use is strongly discouraged. In fact, Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. Please see [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=1765 this article] on Eudora-to-Thunderbird migration from IS&T knowledge base. Also have a look at Tom Holub's [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ blog] with additional discussion and links to LSCR howto pages. Apple's Mail.app has built-in support for migrating from Eudora.
* Users who read mail using the department's [https://math.berkeley.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php '''SquirrelMail'''] web interface will need to point their browsers to [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ '''CalMail'''] instead.
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how you read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.
* Users of emacs RMAIL will be responsible for managing the transition on their own. Probably RMAIL per se will not work, except via VM ("View Mail"). For documentation on VM, see the following [http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ link].

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition. (e.g., see the question on setting your CalMail password, below).

== Frequently Asked Questions, with Answers ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.
; '''What is calmail?'''
: It is a web-based mail tool where email sent to your @math.berkeley.edu address will be sent by default after the change. To read and send email just go to https://calmail.berkeley.edu/
Your username will be your math.berkeley.edu address and you will need to set a password
using the "change password" to the left on the logon screen. This will require a calnet id
which is the same one you use when submitting grades on line.
If you don't want to use calmail to read and send email, follow other instructions.

;"'How can I use the CalMail web-based tool?'"
: Just go to https://calmail.berkeley.edu/. Your username will be your math.berkeley.edu address and your password will be the special CalMail password that you have already set up, as described below.

; '''How should I configure my email client?'''
: See [[Email Calmail Settings]]

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that incoming and outgoing mail will be handled by CalMail servers instead of by Math Department computers. (This assumes that you have a valid Calnet ID; if that's not the case see the answers below.)

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two independent CalMail accounts after the transition.

: New accounts have already been created for most users, including all staff and faculty. You may access them now. Note that your login on Calmail includes the text '''@math.berkeley.edu'''. If you find that you do not have an account, either we were unable to obtain a Calnet UID for you, or you do not have a valid Calnet ID.

; '''What if I already have a Calmail account?'''
: It will continue to operate, independent of this new account. You might want to arrange to forward mail from one to the other. Note that settings are not shared between your two CalMail accounts; if you forward mail from your old CalMail account, that does not result in mail being forwarded from the new account, unless you set it up.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No, not unless you have independently created one. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu should have already been created, or if not, will be created for you soon. It will not be receiving any email until after the transition.

; '''How do I create my new password?'''
: Please verify your Calnet ID [https://auth.berkeley.edu/cas/login?renew=true&service=https://auth.berkeley.edu here] before you proceed. You cannot create the new password without valid Calnet ID. (See the question about Calnet ID below.) Once your new account has been established, you should use a web browser and go to the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/calnet_password Change Password] link, on the left side of the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ Calmail home page]. That will allow you to authenticate via Calnet ID, and return you to the password page. Enter your '''''Login''''', which will be '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu, and then create a new password.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: The existing mail quota system will no longer be in effect. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''', presently used for incoming mail and subject to the 25 MB departmental quota. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own quota of 1 GB per user. (In the unlikely event that even 1 GB is not enough for you, you can send a request for an increase to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''.)

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Nothing will happen to your inbox on the Math server without your explicit action. You should move the contents of your inbox (the file '''/var/mail/''username''''') to your new account, using your IMAP mail client. You may also have mail folders stored in your home directory. The departmental imap server, as well as some mail clients, may immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. Most people store mail in folders within their home directories. The transition will not affect the mbox file, other mail folders, or anything else within your home directory. These can be moved at your leisure (before or after April 6), once you have set up the password for your CalMail account - see [[Move_mbox_Calmail]].

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?'''
: When sending mail from one of the Math Department workstations or servers, you should not see any difference. If you've configured your own email client for remote access, you'll need to change the server settings, specifically the SMTP server, which should be calmail.berkeley.edu.

; '''What will happen to the mailing list(s) that I manage?'''
: Managed mailing lists (i.e. Mailman lists) will be moved for you. The list address will not change. Currently, Calmail doesn't provide Mailman archiving, but that may change soon.

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your home directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. By default, your .forward settings will not be transferred to the new account; however, we can do that for you if you specifically request it, via email to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''. See [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry.jspa?externalID=317 CalMail page about forwarding].

: If you currently do not have a login account, but email to your '''@math.berkeley.edu''' address is forwarded, that forwarding will stop, unless you explicitly request it to continue via email to '''request@math.berkeley.edu'''.

; '''What if I don't have a valid Calnet ID?'''
: Unfortunately, without a valid [https://calnet.berkeley.edu/ Calnet ID], we cannot create an account for you on Calmail. If you forgot your Calnet ID pass-phrase, contact Kathy Santos or Jennifer Sixt to reset the pass-phrase. If you have a login account in the Math Department, or mail forwarding from an older account, but do not currently have a valid Calnet ID, we can arrange for mail forwarding to your new account. Send a request to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''. Our current position is that we will honor all such requests, and we have not set any time limit on that forwarding. (This could change, if the administrative load becomes too great.)

; '''I do have a valid Calnet ID. Why hasn't my new account been created?'''
: At this point we have requested calmail accounts for all users for which we have been able to find valid Calnet IDs. If you feel that you do (or should) have a valid Calnet iD, send email to ''request@math.berkeley.edu''. If possible, include your Calnet UID (which is not the same as your CalnetID). You should be able to look it up in the campus [http://directory.berkeley.edu/ directory].

; '''HELP! I can't understand this stuff. How can I get a person to help?'''
: There are a number of people that can be contacted for help. Please '''DO NOT''' call these people and say that you haven't bothered to read the documentation that so many of us have worked to prepare. Your appeal for personal help will be greeted much more sympathetically if you at least indicate that you have read this page. In fact, if you have read it, you may not actually need to contact anyone. However, if you do: First, you can contact the Calmail support team directly - consult@berkeley.edu, or 510-642-8500. Next, you can send email to request@math.berkeley.edu, or contact the unix support staff of LSCR, which includes Steve (2-8570) and Igor (3-8747). Staff can contact ''ohlone''. Faculty can get help from the LSCR faculty support team - fac_support@ls.berkeley.edu. A couple of faculty members, Arthur Ogus and Paul Vojta, are volunteering to help individual faculty by personal request. For faculty, on April 6 only, Michael Quan (faculty support team) will be in 993 Evans, available to help Mac and Windows users.

Email

2009-04-06T01:06:58Z

Ogus: /* Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app" */

=CalMail Conversion=

After the transition to calmail, the imap server on math.berkeley.edu will continue to run until we have completed the migration of mail boxes.
We recommend that you not delete your math email account settings from your mail client for a while after you have setup your Calmail account. The accounts will be separate in your mail client,
which will easily keep track of both. Below are instructions on how to set up accounts both using the math department server and the Calmail server. Before you set up your Calmail account, go to the Calmail Web page to create your new password. See the FAQ on how to do this.

=Email Configuration=

==Mac OS X 10.5==

===Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app"===

Open Mail. If this is the first time you've run Mail, you'll be prompted to add an account. If not, choose File -> Add Account...

Fill in the first screen with your appropriate details:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Account Type: IMAP
* Incoming Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-1.png]]
or
* Incoming Mail Server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the Calmail server)
[[Image:incoming.jpg]]

On the next screen, enter
* Outgoing Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server
[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-2.png]]

or, for your CalMail account:
*Outgoing Mail server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the calmail server)
[[Image:outgoing.jpg]]

On the final screen, verify the details and create the account:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-3.png]]
Or:
[[Image:summary.jpg]]

Lastly, you'll need to set your IMAP prefix. To do this, go to Mail -> Preferences... and select the "Accounts" tab. Choose your math account in the list on the left, and click on the "Advanced" tab. Enter:
* IMAP Path Prefix: Mail
(NB: While "Mail" is the recommended path prefix, if you've used IMAP before your path prefix may be different.)

(NB: You do not need to set this for your Calmail account.)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Accounts.png]]

Close the preferences window, choosing to save your changes when prompted. Then restart Mail (by quitting and reopening it) to have your changes take effect.

===Thunderbird===

(Content not available yet.)

==Windows Vista==

(Content not available yet.)

==Unix/Linux==

===Pine===
Here one user got pine working on the math department servers:
<blockquote>
The relevant parts of my <tt>.pinerc</tt> are:

<pre>
smtp-server=mail.math.berkeley.edu:587/tls/user=bfroehle
inbox-path={mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}INBOX
folder-collections=Mail {mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}mail/[]
</pre>

-Brad
</blockquote>

There is also a [[Calmail_alpine]] page.

===mutt===
<blockquote>
Instructions for using mutt with IMAP for Calmail are on the [[Calmail_mutt]] page.
</blockquote>

Email

2009-04-06T01:02:22Z

Ogus: /* Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app" */

=CalMail Conversion=

After the transition to calmail, the imap server on math.berkeley.edu will continue to run until we have completed the migration of mail boxes.
We recommend that you not delete your math email account settings from your mail client for a while after you have setup your Calmail account. The accounts will be separate in your mail client,
which will easily keep track of both. Below are instructions on how to set up accounts both using the math department server and the Calmail server. Before you set up your Calmail account, go to the Calmail Web page to create your new password. See the FAQ on how to do this.

=Email Configuration=

==Mac OS X 10.5==

===Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app"===

Open Mail. If this is the first time you've run Mail, you'll be prompted to add an account. If not, choose File -> Add Account...

Fill in the first screen with your appropriate details:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Account Type: IMAP
* Incoming Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-1.png]]
or
* Incoming Mail Server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the Calmail server)
[[Image:incoming.jpg]]

On the next screen, enter
* Outgoing Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server
[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-2.png]]

or, for your CalMail account:
*Outgoing Mail server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the calmail server)

On the final screen, verify the details and create the account.

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-3.png]]

Lastly, you'll need to set your IMAP prefix. To do this, go to Mail -> Preferences... and select the "Accounts" tab. Choose your math account in the list on the left, and click on the "Advanced" tab. Enter:
* IMAP Path Prefix: Mail
(NB: While "Mail" is the recommended path prefix, if you've used IMAP before your path prefix may be different.)

(NB: You do not need to set this for your Calmail account.)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Accounts.png]]

Close the preferences window, choosing to save your changes when prompted. Then restart Mail (by quitting and reopening it) to have your changes take effect.

===Thunderbird===

(Content not available yet.)

==Windows Vista==

(Content not available yet.)

==Unix/Linux==

===Pine===
Here one user got pine working on the math department servers:
<blockquote>
The relevant parts of my <tt>.pinerc</tt> are:

<pre>
smtp-server=mail.math.berkeley.edu:587/tls/user=bfroehle
inbox-path={mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}INBOX
folder-collections=Mail {mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}mail/[]
</pre>

-Brad
</blockquote>

There is also a [[Calmail_alpine]] page.

===mutt===
<blockquote>
Instructions for using mutt with IMAP for Calmail are on the [[Calmail_mutt]] page.
</blockquote>

Email

2009-04-06T00:50:01Z

Ogus: /* CalMail Conversion */

=CalMail Conversion=

After the transition to calmail, the imap server on math.berkeley.edu will continue to run until we have completed the migration of mail boxes.
We recommend that you not delete your math email account settings from your mail client for a while after you have setup your Calmail account. The accounts will be separate in your mail client,
which will easily keep track of both. Below are instructions on how to set up accounts both using the math department server and the Calmail server. Before you set up your Calmail account, go to the Calmail Web page to create your new password. See the FAQ on how to do this.

=Email Configuration=

==Mac OS X 10.5==

===Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app"===

Open Mail. If this is the first time you've run Mail, you'll be prompted to add an account. If not, choose File -> Add Account...

Fill in the first screen with your appropriate details:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Account Type: IMAP
* Incoming Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)
or
* Incoming Mail Server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the Calmail server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-1.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Outgoing Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)
or
*Outgoing Mail server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the calmail server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-2.png]]

On the final screen, verify the details and create the account.

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-3.png]]

Lastly, you'll need to set your IMAP prefix. To do this, go to Mail -> Preferences... and select the "Accounts" tab. Choose your math account in the list on the left, and click on the "Advanced" tab. Enter:
* IMAP Path Prefix: Mail
(NB: While "Mail" is the recommended path prefix, if you've used IMAP before your path prefix may be different.)

(NB: You do not need to set this for your Calmail account.)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Accounts.png]]

Close the preferences window, choosing to save your changes when prompted. Then restart Mail (by quitting and reopening it) to have your changes take effect.

===Thunderbird===

(Content not available yet.)

==Windows Vista==

(Content not available yet.)

==Unix/Linux==

===Pine===
Here one user got pine working on the math department servers:
<blockquote>
The relevant parts of my <tt>.pinerc</tt> are:

<pre>
smtp-server=mail.math.berkeley.edu:587/tls/user=bfroehle
inbox-path={mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}INBOX
folder-collections=Mail {mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}mail/[]
</pre>

-Brad
</blockquote>

There is also a [[Calmail_alpine]] page.

===mutt===
<blockquote>
Instructions for using mutt with IMAP for Calmail are on the [[Calmail_mutt]] page.
</blockquote>

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-03-31T02:47:49Z

Ogus:

On April 6 (as currently planned), the Mathematics Department will switch its
email system to the campus' email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam, clever spammers, and changes in the way that email is used are making it increasingly difficult for
us properly to manage an email system in-house.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail system, spam should be more effectively reduced,
and disk storage for mail on the CalMail server
will be substantially larger. (Note, however, that '''pine/alpine''' may automatically
move incoming mail from the server to your home directory,
so this advantage might not affect '''pine/alpine''' users. However, this behavior does not seem to apply to IMAP.)

The main change for users is that the way that you read incoming mail
will change. The extent of this change depends on which mail client you
use for reading mail.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), '''Thunderbird''', Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes. Although '''Eudora''' may work, its use is strongly discouraged. In fact, Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. Please see [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=1765&fromSearchPage=true this article] on Eudora-to-Thunderbird migration from IS&T knowledge base. Also have a look at Tom Holub's [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ blog] with additional discussion and links to LSCR howto pages. Apple's Mail.app has built-in support for migrating from Eudora.
* Users who read mail using the department's [https://math.berkeley.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php '''SquirrelMail'''] web interface will need to point their browsers to [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ '''CalMail'''] instead.
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how you read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.
* Users of emacs RMAIL will be responsible for managing the transition on their own. Probably RMAIL per se will not work, except via VM ("View Mail"). For documentation on VM, see the following [http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ link].

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition. (e.g., see the question on setting your CalMail password, below).

== Questions ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.
; '''How should I configure my email client?'''
: See [[Email Calmail Settings]]

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that incoming and outgoing mail will be handled by CalMail servers instead of by Math Department computers.

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two CalMail accounts after the transition.

: New accounts have already been created for staff and faculty. You may access them now. Note that your login on Calmail includes the text '''@math.berkeley.edu'''. Accounts will be created for all eligible users well before the transition date.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No, not unless you have independently created one. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu may have already been created, or if not, will be created for you soon, but will not be receiving any email until after the transition.

; '''How do I create my new password?'''
: Once your new account has been established, you should use a web browser and go to the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/calnet_password Change Password] link, on the left side of the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ Calmail home page]. That will allow you to authenticate via [https://calnet.berkeley.edu/ Calnet ID], and return you to the password page. Enter your '''''Login''''', which will be '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu, and then create a new password.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: The existing mail quota system will no longer be in effect. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''' presently used for incoming mail and subject to the 25 megabyte departmental quota. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own quota of 1GB per user (with provisions for larger quotas).

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Nothing will happen to your inbox on the Math server without your explicit action. You should move the contents of your inbox (the file '''/var/mail/''username''''') to your new account, using your IMAP mail client. Instructions will be provided for various clients. You may also have mail folders stored in your home directory. The departmental imap server, as well as some mail clients, may immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. Most people store mail in folders within their home directories. The transition will not affect the mbox file, other mail olders, or anything else within your home directory. These can be moved at your leisure, after you have set up the password for your CalMail account - see [[Move_mbox_Calmail]].

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your home directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. By default, your .forward settings will not be transferred to the new account; however, we can do that for you if you specifically request it.

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?'''
: When sending mail from one of the Math Department workstations or servers, you will not see any difference. If you've configured your own email client for remote access, you'll need to change the server settings, specifically the SMTP server, which should be calmail.berkeley.edu.

; '''What will happen to the mailing list(s) that I manage?'''
: Managed mailing lists (i.e. Mailman lists) will be moved for you. The list address will not change. Currently, Calmail doesn't provide Mailman archiving, but that may change soon.

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-03-27T04:07:55Z

Ogus: /* Questions */

On April 6 (as currently planned), the Mathematics Department will switch its
email system to the campus' email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam, clever spammers, and changes in the way that email is used are making it increasingly difficult for
us properly to manage an email system in-house.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail system, spam should be more effectively reduced,
and disk storage for mail on the CalMail server
will be substantially larger. (Note, however, that '''pine''' automatically
moves incoming mail from the server to your home directory,
so this consideration does not affect '''pine''' users.)

The main change for users is that the way that you read incoming mail
will change. The extent of this change depends on which mail client you
use for reading mail.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), '''Thunderbird''', Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes. Although '''Eudora''' may work, its use is strongly discouraged. In fact, Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. Please see [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=1765&fromSearchPage=true this article] on Eudora-to-Thunderbird migration from IS&T knowledge base. Also have a look at Tom Holub's [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ blog] with additional discussion and links to LSCR howto pages.
* Users who read mail using the department's [https://math.berkeley.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php '''SquirrelMail'''] web interface will need to point their browsers to [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ '''CalMail'''] instead.
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how you read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.
* Users of emacs RMAIL will be responsible for managing the transition on their own. Probably RMAIL per se will not work, except via VM ("View Mail"). For documentation on VM, see the following [http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ link].

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition. (e.g., see the question on setting your CalMail password, below).

== Questions ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.
; '''How should I configure my email client?'''
: See [[Email Calmail Settings]]

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that incoming and outgoing mail will be handled by CalMail servers instead of by Math Department computers.

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two CalMail accounts after the transition.

: New accounts have already been created for staff and faculty. You may access them now. Note that your login on Calmail includes the text '''@math.berkeley.edu'''. Accounts will be created for all eligible users well before the transition date.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No, not unless you have independently created one. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu may have already been created, or if not, will be created for you soon, but will not be receiving any email until after the transition.

; '''How do I create my new password?'''
: Once your new account has been established, you should use a web browser and go to the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/calnet_password Change Password] link, on the left side of the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ Calmail home page]. That will allow you to authenticate via [https://calnet.berkeley.edu/ Calnet ID], and return you to the password page. Enter your '''''Login''''', which will be '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu, and then create a new password.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: The existing mail quota system will no longer be in effect. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''' presently used for incoming mail and subject to the 25 megabyte departmental quota. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own quota of 1GB per user (with provisions for larger quotas).

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Nothing will happen to your inbox on the Math server without your explicit action. You should move the contents of your inbox (the file '''/var/mail/''username''''') to your new account, using your IMAP mail client. Instructions will be provided for various clients. You may also have mail folders stored in your home directory. The departmental imap server, as well as some mail clients, may immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. Most people store mail in folders within their home directories. The transition will not affect the mbox file, other mail olders, or anything else within your home directory. These can be moved at your leisure, after you have set up the password for your CalMail account - see [[Move_mbox_Calmail]].

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your home directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. By default, your .forward settings will not be transferred to the new account; however, we can do that for you if you specifically request it.

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?'''
: When sending mail from one of the Math Department workstations or servers, you will not see any difference. If you've configured your own email client for remote access, you'll need to change the server settings, specifically the SMTP server, which should be calmail.berkeley.edu.

; '''What will happen to the mailing list(s) that I manage?'''
: Managed mailing lists (i.e. Mailman lists) will be moved for you. The list address will not change. Currently, Calmail doesn't provide Mailman archiving, but that may change soon.

Main Page

2009-03-27T04:05:15Z

Ogus: /* Miscellaneous */

__NOTOC__
=[/ UC Berkeley Department of Mathematics]=

==Computing Support==

Welcome to the UC Berkeley Math Department computing support wiki. This wiki is intended to be complementary to the official [http://math.berkeley.ed/computing/ computing support site.] We hope to provide information of use to all members of our department. In order to do that, we want to enlist your help.

Most pages can be edited by anyone who's logged in, and anyone can create an account. Feel free to add any computing related help and information.

===Email===
* [[CalMail conversion]]
* How to check your [[Email]] from your own computer.

===LaTeX===
* How to [[LaTeX basics|use LaTeX]].
* How to [[LaTeX Install|install LaTeX]] on your own computer.

===Printing and Scanning===
* How to [[set up|set up]] printing on the department's printers from a Macintosh on the department network.
* How to [[printing|print]] on the department's printers from your laptop.
* How to [/~gbergman/958_scanner.html use the copier in 958 Evans as a scanner].

===Math Department Servers===
* How to [[Webpage Guide|create a homepage]].
* How to [[File Management|manage files on the math department servers]].
* How to use [[SSH Access|remote shell access]].
* How to [[Software|get math software]].

===Miscellaneous===
* How to [[Proxy Servers|access MathSciNet and UC E-links from off-campus]].
* How to use [[slides]] in the seminar rooms.
* How to get a [https://calnet.berkeley.edu/ Calnet Identity]. (Everyone is supposed to have one of these, and you will need it to set up your CalMail account.)

==Suggestions for Future Articles==
Please record any ideas you have for [[Future Articles]] that you would like to see.

How to submit an article to the arXiv preprint server.

Move mbox Calmail

2009-03-26T00:04:39Z

Ogus: /* Moving mailboxes to Calmail */

== Moving mailboxes to Calmail ==
First, you must have a calmail account, with a valid password.

Your old mail (on mail.math.berkeley.edu) is still available via IMAP, and the new server (calmail.berkeley.edu) is also running IMAP. There is a good chance that you'll be able to move your old mail to your new calmail account simply by copying from within your mail client.

In the case where there is some problem with the old mail folder (e.g. the size is too large), you can use unix command line tools to manipulate the folders.

On Solaris, there is a program called movemail which will do the job.

On blue2 (FreeBSD) and on login.math, the functionally equivalent command is called mbox2imap. As an example, if your login name is '''james''', and you want to move your mail spool ('''/var/mail/james''') to the INBOX folder on your new calmail account, the command syntax is

''mbox2imap -u james@math.berkeley.edu -s calmail.berkeley.edu /var/mail/james''

If you want to upload to a folder other than MBOX, use the "-i" option to give it a name - e.g. to upload OLDMBOX to a folder on calmail named NEWMBOX

''mbox2imap -i NEWMBOX -u james@math.berkeley.edu -s calmail.berkeley.edu OLDMBOX''

Note that the NEWMBOX must already exist on the remote server, or mbox2imap will fail. You can create it ahead of time with your email client. OLDMBOX should be the pathname to the name of the mailbox folder you want to move. Unfortunately this process will set the "date received" of all the messages in OLDMBOX to the date you moved them. However the "date sent" will still be correct.

--[[User:SteveSizemore|Steve Sizemore - Unix System Manager]] 04:09, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-03-25T17:46:28Z

Ogus: /* Questions */

On April 6 (as currently planned), the Mathematics Department will switch its
email system to the campus' email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam, clever spammers, and changes in the way that email is used are making it increasingly difficult for
us properly to manage an email system in-house.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail system, spam should be more effectively reduced,
and disk storage for mail on the CalMail server
will be substantially larger. (Note, however, that '''pine''' automatically
moves incoming mail from the server to your home directory,
so this consideration does not affect '''pine''' users.)

The main change for users is that the way that you read incoming mail
will change. The extent of this change depends on which mail client you
use for reading mail.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), '''Thunderbird''', Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes. Although '''Eudora''' may work, its use is strongly discouraged. In fact, Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. Please see [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=1765&fromSearchPage=true this article] on Eudora-to-Thunderbird migration from IS&T knowledge base. Also have a look at Tom Holub's [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ blog] with additional discussion and links to LSCR howto pages.
* Users who read mail using the department's [https://math.berkeley.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php '''SquirrelMail'''] web interface will need to point their browsers to [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ '''CalMail'''] instead.
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how you read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.
* Users of emacs RMAIL will be responsible for managing the transition on their own. Probably RMAIL per se will not work, except via VM ("View Mail"). For documentation on VM, see the following [http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ link].

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition. (e.g., see the question on setting your CalMail password, below).

== Questions ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.
; '''How should I configure my email client?'''
: See [[Email Calmail Settings]]

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that incoming and outgoing mail will be handled by CalMail servers instead of by Math Department computers.

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two CalMail accounts after the transition.

: New accounts have already been created for staff and faculty. You may access them now. Note that your login on Calmail includes the text '''@math.berkeley.edu'''. Accounts will be created for all eligible users well before the transition date.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No, not unless you have independently created one. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu may have already been created, or if not, will be created for you soon, but will not be receiving any email until after the transition.

; '''How do I create my new password?'''
: Once your new account has been established, you should use a web browser and go to the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/calnet_password Change Password] link, on the left side of the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ Calmail home page]. That will allow you to authenticate via Calnet ID, and return you to the password page. Enter your '''''Login''''', which will be '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu, and then create a new password.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: The existing mail quota system will no longer be in effect. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''' presently used for incoming mail and subject to the 25 megabyte departmental quota. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own quota of 1GB per user (with provisions for larger quotas).

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Nothing will happen to your inbox on the Math server without your explicit action. You should move the contents of your inbox (the file '''/var/mail/''username''''') to your new account, using your IMAP mail client. Instructions will be provided for various clients. You may also have mail folders stored in your home directory. The departmental imap server, as well as some mail clients, may immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. Most people store mail in folders within their home directories. The transition will not affect the mbox file, other mail olders, or anything else within your home directory. These can be moved at your leisure, after you have set up the password for your CalMail account - see [[Move_mbox_Calmail]].

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your home directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. By default, your .forward settings will not be transferred to the new account; however, we can do that for you if you specifically request it.

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?'''
: When sending mail from one of the Math Department workstations or servers, you will not see any difference. If you've configured your own email client for remote access, you'll need to change the server settings, specifically the SMTP server, which should be calmail.berkeley.edu.

; '''What will happen to the mailing list(s) that I manage?'''
: Managed mailing lists (i.e. Mailman lists) will be moved for you. The list address will not change. Currently, Calmail doesn't provide Mailman archiving, but that may change soon.

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-03-25T05:00:07Z

Ogus:

On April 6 (as currently planned), the Mathematics Department will switch its
email system to the campus' email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam, clever spammers, and changes in the way that email is used are making it increasingly difficult for
us properly to manage an email system in-house.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail system, spam should be more effectively reduced,
and disk storage for mail on the CalMail server
will be substantially larger. (Note, however, that '''pine''' automatically
moves incoming mail from the server to your home directory,
so this consideration does not affect '''pine''' users.)

The main change for users is that the way that you read incoming mail
will change. The extent of this change depends on which mail client you
use for reading mail.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), '''Thunderbird''', Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes. Although '''Eudora''' may work, its use is strongly discouraged. In fact, Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. Please see [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=1765&fromSearchPage=true this article] on Eudora-to-Thunderbird migration from IS&T knowledge base. Also have a look at Tom Holub's [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ blog] with additional discussion and links to LSCR howto pages.
* Users who read mail using the department's [https://math.berkeley.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php '''SquirrelMail'''] web interface will need to point their browsers to [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ '''CalMail'''] instead.
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how you read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.
* Users of emacs RMAIL will be responsible for managing the transition on their own. Probably RMAIL per se will not work, except via VM ("View Mail"). For documentation on VM, see the following [http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ link].

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition. (e.g., see the question on setting your CalMail password, below).

== Questions ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.
; '''How should I configure my email client?'''
: See [[Email Calmail Settings]]

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that incoming and outgoing mail will be handled by CalMail servers instead of by Math Department computers.

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two CalMail accounts after the transition.

: New accounts have already been created for staff and faculty. You may access them now. Note that your login on Calmail includes the text '''@math.berkeley.edu'''. Accounts will be created for all eligible users well before the transition date.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No, not unless you have independently created one. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu may have already been created, or if not, will be created for you soon, but will not be receiving any email until after the transition.

; '''How do I create my new password?'''
: Once your new account has been established, you should use a web browser and go to the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/calnet_password Change Password] link, on the left side of the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ Calmail home page]. That will allow you to authenticate via Calnet ID, and return you to the password page. Enter your '''''Login''''', which will be '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu, and then create a new password.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: The existing mail quota system will no longer be in effect. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''' presently used for incoming mail and subject to the 25 megabyte departmental quota. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own quota of 1GB per user (with provisions for larger quotas).

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Nothing will happen to your inbox on the Math server without your explicit action. You should move the contents of your inbox (the file '''/var/mail/''username''''') to your new account, using your IMAP mail client. Instructions will be provided for various clients. You may also have mail folders stored in your home directory. The departmental imap server, as well as some mail clients, may immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. Most people store mail in folders within their home directories. The transition will not affect the mbox file, other mail olders, or anything else within your home directory. These can be moved at your leisure, after the transition - see [[Move_mbox_Calmail]].

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your home directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. By default, your .forward settings will not be transferred to the new account; however, we can do that for you if you specifically request it.

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?'''
: When sending mail from one of the Math Department workstations or servers, you will not see any difference. If you've configured your own email client for remote access, you'll need to change the server settings, specifically the SMTP server, which should be calmail.berkeley.edu.

; '''What will happen to the mailing list(s) that I manage?'''
: Managed mailing lists (i.e. Mailman lists) will be moved for you. The list address will not change. Currently, Calmail doesn't provide Mailman archiving, but that may change soon.

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-03-25T04:59:15Z

Ogus:

On April 6 (as currently planned), the Mathematics Department will switch its
email system to the campus' email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam, clever spammers, and changes in the way that email is used are making it increasingly difficult for
us properly to manage an email system in-house.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail system, spam should be more effectively reduced,
and disk storage for mail on the CalMail server
will be substantially larger. (Note, however, that '''pine''' automatically
moves incoming mail from the server to your home directory,
so this consideration does not affect '''pine''' users.)

The main change for users is that the way that you read incoming mail
will change. The extent of this change depends on which mail client you
use for reading mail.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), '''Thunderbird''', Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes. Although '''Eudora''' may work, its use is strongly discouraged. In fact, Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. Please see [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=1765&fromSearchPage=true this article] on Eudora-to-Thunderbird migration from IS&T knowledge base. Also have a look at Tom Holub's [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ blog] with additional discussion and links to LSCR howto pages.
* Users who read mail using the department's [https://math.berkeley.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php '''SquirrelMail'''] web interface will need to point their browsers to [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ '''CalMail'''] instead.
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how you read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.
* Users of emacs RMAIL will be responsible for managing the transition on their own. Probably RMAIL per se will not work, except via VM. For documentation on VM, see the following [http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/ link].

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition. (e.g., see the question on setting your CalMail password, below).

== Questions ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.
; '''How should I configure my email client?'''
: See [[Email Calmail Settings]]

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that incoming and outgoing mail will be handled by CalMail servers instead of by Math Department computers.

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two CalMail accounts after the transition.

: New accounts have already been created for staff and faculty. You may access them now. Note that your login on Calmail includes the text '''@math.berkeley.edu'''. Accounts will be created for all eligible users well before the transition date.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No, not unless you have independently created one. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu may have already been created, or if not, will be created for you soon, but will not be receiving any email until after the transition.

; '''How do I create my new password?'''
: Once your new account has been established, you should use a web browser and go to the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/calnet_password Change Password] link, on the left side of the [https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ Calmail home page]. That will allow you to authenticate via Calnet ID, and return you to the password page. Enter your '''''Login''''', which will be '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu, and then create a new password.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: The existing mail quota system will no longer be in effect. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''' presently used for incoming mail and subject to the 25 megabyte departmental quota. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own quota of 1GB per user (with provisions for larger quotas).

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Nothing will happen to your inbox on the Math server without your explicit action. You should move the contents of your inbox (the file '''/var/mail/''username''''') to your new account, using your IMAP mail client. Instructions will be provided for various clients. You may also have mail folders stored in your home directory. The departmental imap server, as well as some mail clients, may immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. Most people store mail in folders within their home directories. The transition will not affect the mbox file, other mail olders, or anything else within your home directory. These can be moved at your leisure, after the transition - see [[Move_mbox_Calmail]].

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your home directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. By default, your .forward settings will not be transferred to the new account; however, we can do that for you if you specifically request it.

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?'''
: When sending mail from one of the Math Department workstations or servers, you will not see any difference. If you've configured your own email client for remote access, you'll need to change the server settings, specifically the SMTP server, which should be calmail.berkeley.edu.

; '''What will happen to the mailing list(s) that I manage?'''
: Managed mailing lists (i.e. Mailman lists) will be moved for you. The list address will not change. Currently, Calmail doesn't provide Mailman archiving, but that may change soon.

Email Calmail Settings

2009-03-23T02:33:59Z

Ogus: /* Apple's Mail client */

= Configure your email client to use Calmail =

In order to use your '''''username''@math.berkeley.edu''' account on Calmail, you need to remember that your login name includes '''@math.berkeley.edu''', and the server to which you should connect is calmail.berkeley.edu.

== Calmail Instructions ==
There are
[https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=400 instructions]
for many email clients on the UCB knowledge base.

== Local Instructions ==

We also have local documentation for some clients.

=== Apple's Mail client ===

Our local documentation is [/computing/wiki/index.php/Email here] and there is also some Calmail information [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry.jspa?externalID=406 here].

=== Thunderbird ===

[http://ls.berkeley.edu/lscr/advice/email/thunderbird/ '''Thunderbird''']

=== alpine ===

Not yet available.

=== mutt ===

Here is a page
([[Calmail mutt]])
on using mutt with Calmail.

--[[User:SteveSizemore|Steve Sizemore - Unix System Manager]] 16:19, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Email Calmail Settings

2009-03-23T02:30:11Z

Ogus: /* Local Instructions */

= Configure your email client to use Calmail =

In order to use your '''''username''@math.berkeley.edu''' account on Calmail, you need to remember that your login name includes '''@math.berkeley.edu''', and the server to which you should connect is calmail.berkeley.edu.

== Calmail Instructions ==
There are
[https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=4&externalID=400 instructions]
for many email clients on the UCB knowledge base.

== Local Instructions ==

We also have local documentation for some clients.

=== Apple's Mail client ===

Our local documentation is [[here]] and there is also some Calmail information [https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry.jspa?externalID=406 here].

=== Thunderbird ===

[http://ls.berkeley.edu/lscr/advice/email/thunderbird/ '''Thunderbird''']

=== alpine ===

Not yet available.

=== mutt ===

Here is a page
([[Calmail mutt]])
on using mutt with Calmail.

--[[User:SteveSizemore|Steve Sizemore - Unix System Manager]] 16:19, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Email

2009-03-23T02:23:44Z

Ogus: /* CalMail Conversion */

=CalMail Conversion=

We recommend that you keep your math email account active for a while after
you have setup your Calmail account. The accounts will be separate in your mail client,
which will easily keep track of both. Below are instructions on how to set up accounts both
using the math department server and the Calmail server.

=Email Configuration=

==Mac OS X 10.5==

===Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app"===

Open Mail. If this is the first time you've run Mail, you'll be prompted to add an account. If not, choose File -> Add Account...

Fill in the first screen with your appropriate details:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Account Type: IMAP
* Incoming Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)
or
* Incoming Mail Server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the Calmail server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-1.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Outgoing Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)
or
*Outgoing Mail server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the calmail server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-2.png]]

On the final screen, verify the details and create the account.

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-3.png]]

Lastly, you'll need to set your IMAP prefix. To do this, go to Mail -> Preferences... and select the "Accounts" tab. Choose your math account in the list on the left, and click on the "Advanced" tab. Enter:
* IMAP Path Prefix: Mail
(NB: While "Mail" is the recommended path prefix, if you've used IMAP before your path prefix may be different.)

(NB: You do not need to set this for your Calmail account.)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Accounts.png]]

Close the preferences window, choosing to save your changes when prompted. Then restart Mail (by quitting and reopening it) to have your changes take effect.

===Thunderbird===

(Content not available yet.)

==Windows Vista==

(Content not available yet.)

==Unix/Linux==

===Pine===
Here one user got pine working on the math department servers:
<blockquote>
The relevant parts of my <tt>.pinerc</tt> are:

<pre>
smtp-server=mail.math.berkeley.edu:587/tls/user=bfroehle
inbox-path={mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}INBOX
folder-collections=Mail {mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}mail/[]
</pre>

-Brad
</blockquote>

===mutt===
<blockquote>
Instructions for using mutt with IMAP for Calmail are on the [[Calmail_mutt]] page.
</blockquote>

Email

2009-03-23T02:20:51Z

Ogus: /* Mac OS X 10.5 */

=CalMail Conversion=

Beware! This information will be outdated once the [[CalMail conversion]] occurs.

=Email Configuration=

==Mac OS X 10.5==

===Apple's own mail client, called "Mail" or "Mail.app"===

Open Mail. If this is the first time you've run Mail, you'll be prompted to add an account. If not, choose File -> Add Account...

Fill in the first screen with your appropriate details:

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Account Type: IMAP
* Incoming Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)
or
* Incoming Mail Server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the Calmail server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-1.png]]

On the next screen, enter
* Outgoing Mail Server: mail.math.berkeley.edu (for your account using the math department server)
or
*Outgoing Mail server: calmail.berkeley.edu (for your account using the calmail server)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-2.png]]

On the final screen, verify the details and create the account.

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Add_Account-3.png]]

Lastly, you'll need to set your IMAP prefix. To do this, go to Mail -> Preferences... and select the "Accounts" tab. Choose your math account in the list on the left, and click on the "Advanced" tab. Enter:
* IMAP Path Prefix: Mail
(NB: While "Mail" is the recommended path prefix, if you've used IMAP before your path prefix may be different.)

(NB: You do not need to set this for your Calmail account.)

[[Image:OSX-Mail-Accounts.png]]

Close the preferences window, choosing to save your changes when prompted. Then restart Mail (by quitting and reopening it) to have your changes take effect.

===Thunderbird===

(Content not available yet.)

==Windows Vista==

(Content not available yet.)

==Unix/Linux==

===Pine===
Here one user got pine working on the math department servers:
<blockquote>
The relevant parts of my <tt>.pinerc</tt> are:

<pre>
smtp-server=mail.math.berkeley.edu:587/tls/user=bfroehle
inbox-path={mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}INBOX
folder-collections=Mail {mail.math.berkeley.edu:993/novalidate-cert/ssl/user=bfroehle}mail/[]
</pre>

-Brad
</blockquote>

===mutt===
<blockquote>
Instructions for using mutt with IMAP for Calmail are on the [[Calmail_mutt]] page.
</blockquote>

Main Page

2009-03-11T21:01:00Z

Ogus: /* Printing and Scanning */

__NOTOC__
=UC Berkeley Department of Mathematics=

Most pages can be edited by anyone who's logged in, and anyone can create an account. Feel free to add any computing related help and information.

==Computing Support==

Welcome to the UC Berkeley Math Department computing support wiki. We hope to provide information of use to all members of our department.

===LaTeX===
* How to [[LaTeX basics|use LaTeX]].
* How to [[LaTeX Install|install LaTeX]] on your own computer.

===Email===
* [[CalMail conversion]]
* How to check your [[Email]] from your own computer.

===Printing and Scanning===
* How to [[set up|set up]] printing on the department's printers from a Macintosh on the department network.
* How to [[printing|print]] on the department's printers from your laptop.
* How to [/~gbergman/958_scanner.html use the copier in 958 Evans as a scanner].

===Math Department Servers===
* How to [[Webpage Guide|create a homepage]].
* How to [[File Management|manage files on the math department servers]].
* How to use [[SSH Access|remote shell access]].
* How to [[Software|get math software]].

===Miscellaneous===
* How to [[Proxy Servers|access MathSciNet and UC E-links from off-campus]].
* How to use [[slides]] in the seminar rooms.

==Suggestions for Future Articles==
Please record any ideas you have for [[Future Articles]] that you would like to see.

How to submit an article to the arXiv preprint server.

Future Articles

2009-03-06T05:15:39Z

Ogus:

=Future Articles=

* [[CalMail conversion]]

* Posting articles on the ArXiv (is this Wiki the right place for it?)

* What to do when you get those annoying emails saying that you're over quota, but it's not obvious why.

* How to install a font in your local directory for use with TeX.

* Tools for synchronization of files among various computers.

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-03-04T05:01:29Z

Ogus:

On April 1, the Mathematics Department will switch over its incoming
email system to the campus's email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam are making it harder and harder for
us to properly manage an email system in-house.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail system has been in recent weeks, spam may be
more effectively reduced, and storage for mail (on the CalMail server)
will be substantially larger. (Note, however, that some mail clients
move incoming mail from the server to your home directory right off the bat,
so this consideration may not apply to you.)

The main change for users is that the way that they read incoming mail
will change. The extent of this change depends on which mail client they
use for reading mail.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), [http://ls.berkeley.edu/lscr/advice/email/thunderbird/ '''Thunderbird'''], Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes. Although '''Eudora''' may work, its use is strongly discouraged. In fact Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. There is an article by Tom Holub [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ here] with a discussion of this, including pointers on how to switch. (FIXME: Steve or Tom, please flesh this out.)
* Users who read mail using the department's '''SquirrelMail''' interface will need to point their browsers to CalMail's web client instead, at https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ .
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how they read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition (e.g., getting your CalMail password).

== Questions ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that it incoming mail will be handled by CalMail instead of by Math Department computers and staff.

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two CalMail accounts after the transition.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu (and its corresponding password) will only exist after the transition on April 1.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: No. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''' presently used for incoming mail and subjected to the 25-megabyte departmental quota limit. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own limit of 1GB per user (with provisions for larger quotas).

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Contents of your inbox as of the time of the transition will be moved over to the CalMail server, as if they had been received by CalMail. (This refers to the file '''/var/mail/''username'''''. Some mail clients immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. The transition will not affect that file (or anything else within your home directory).

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your howe directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. (FIXME: Will users' '''.forward''' files automatically be transitioned? Steve or Tom, please answer this.)

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?
: There will be no changes in how mail goes out.

Migration of departmental email system to CalMail

2009-03-04T04:09:38Z

Ogus:

On April 1, the Mathematics Department will switch over its incoming
email system to the campus's email system, CalMail. This is being done
in order to free up departmental staff time for other duties, and
because increasing volumes of spam are making it harder and harder for
us to properly manage an email system in-house.

Advantages for users are that the CalMail system will be more reliable
than the departmental mail system has been in recent weeks, spam may be
more effectively reduced, and storage for mail (on the CalMail server)
will be substantially larger. (Note, however, that some mail clients
move incoming mail from the server to your home directory right off the bat,
so this consideration may not apply to you.)

The main change for users is that the way that they read incoming mail
will change. The extent of this change depends on which mail client they
use for reading mail.

* Users of '''mutt''', '''alpine''' (formerly '''pine'''), '''Thunderbird''', Apple's '''Mail.app''' (also known as '''Mail''') and other IMAP-capable mail readers will see minimal changes. Although '''Eudora''' may work, its use is strongly discouraged. In fact Eudora has been abandoned by its developers and does not meet the minimal security standards required by IS&T, so you should not be using it on campus at all. There is an article by Tom Holub [http://ls.berkeley.edu/blogs/lscr/2007/08/09/migration-from-eudora-to-thunderbird/ here] with a discussion of this, including pointers on how to switch. (FIXME: Steve or Tom, please flesh this out.)
* Users who read mail using the department's '''SquirrelMail''' interface will need to point their browsers to CalMail's web client instead, at https://calmail.berkeley.edu/ .
* The Unix '''mail''' program does not directly support the IMAP protocol. Users can either switch to one of the above mail clients, or make some changes in how they read mail. See the wiki page on [[CalMail conversion and Unix mail]].
* The mail client '''dtmail''' will no longer be supported. (This is the client that you get when you click on the mail icon in the Solaris CDE environment). Users of '''dtmail''' will have to switch to one of the mail clients listed above.

'''Watch this space''' for further information on procedures to follow during the transition (e.g., getting your CalMail password).

== Questions ==

Here are answers to some questions you may have about the transition.

; '''Will my math.berkeley.edu email address go away after the transition?'''
: No, you will still have the same math.berkeley.edu email address as before. The only difference is that it incoming mail will be handled by CalMail instead of by Math Department computers and staff.

; '''Will I need to create my own CalMail account?'''
: No, you will not need take steps on your own to create the CalMail account. Note that if you go to CalMail's web site and create an account for yourself, you will have a ''different'' email address, '''''username'''''@berkeley.edu, instead of '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu. Of course, you can do that, but it is probably not what you want to do, since you will then have two CalMail accounts after the transition.

; '''Do I already have a CalMail password?'''
: No. Your CalMail account '''''username'''''@math.berkeley.edu (and its corresponding password) will only exist after the transition on April 1.

; '''Will the "quota for incoming mail" still be in effect after the transition?'''
: No. Incoming mail will no longer be stored in the directory '''/var/mail''' presently used for incoming mail and subjected to the 25-megabyte departmental quota limit. Mail will either be stored in your home directory, where it will be subject to your usual quota, or on the CalMail server, which has its own limit of 1GB per user (with provisions for larger quotas).

; '''What will happen to the current contents of my inbox?'''
: Contents of your inbox as of the time of the transition will be moved over to the CalMail server, as if they had been received by CalMail. (This refers to the file '''/var/mail/''username'''''. Some mail clients immediately move incoming mail into the file '''mbox''' in your home directory. The transition will not affect that file (or anything else within your home directory).

; '''What about mail forwarding?'''
: It will be possible to forward mail from your CalMail account, either keeping a copy also on CalMail or not. Forwarding will no longer be managed by editing a file '''.forward''' within your howe directory, however. Instead, you will need to log in to the CalMail web page to set this up. (FIXME: Will users' '''.forward''' files automatically be transitioned? Steve or Tom, please answer this.)

; '''What about outgoing mail? Will the process of sending mail change?
: There will be no changes in how mail goes out.

Access to MathSciNet and UC eLinks from Home

2009-02-22T18:37:15Z

Ogus:

Even if you are not on campus, you can still remotely access all the services and subscriptions that are available when you are physically on the campus network. Examples of such services are: MathSciNet, UC e-Links, JStor, etc.

There are two basic ways to do this. The first is by connecting using a Virtual Private Network which will establish a secure tunnel to the campus. To do this you must install special software on your computer, the Cisco VPN Client, which is available from Software Central[http://software-central.berkeley.edu/]. The other method is to enable your browser to use a proxy server. Basically, what this means is that your computer communicates with the internet through an intermediary, the proxy server. In this case, the intermediary is the University server. Websites like MathSciNet only see the intermediary and treat all requests as if they were coming from the university. This is how you get access.

'''Note:''' You should have proxy servers enabled only when you need them. Since you are going through the intermediary, every request for information requires 4 transfers instead of two. This can cause a noticeable slowdown in your internet speed. (Instead of You -> Website -> You it becomes You -> Proxy -> Website -> Proxy -> You).

==Instructions on using a Proxy==

Taken directly from [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Help/proxy.html the University library site].

'''Internet Explorer 6.0 and 5.x (MS Windows Only) '''
Dial-up Modem Connection with Internet Explorer 6.0 or 5.x

*select: Tools
*select: Internet Options...
*select: Connections
*in the Dial-up settings box find the icon with the name of your dial-up service, and click on the icon once to highlight it
*select: Settings...
*check the box next to: "Automatically detect settings"
*check the box next to: "Use automatic configuration script"
*enter this Address: http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click on OK
*click on OK on the Internet Options menu

'''Internet Explorer 6.0 and 5.x (MS Windows Only) '''
DSL or Cable-Modem Connection (LAN) with Internet Explorer 6.0 or 5.x

*Notes: (1) Some users report that Internet Explorer 6.0 needs to be configured as if for a dial-up connection when used with a DSL or cable-modem service. (2) There seem to be one or more versions of Internet Explorer 6.0 that have been modified by SBC for use with their DSL service. If you are using such a browser, look for a "DSL Settings" facility rather than the "LAN Settings" area.
*select: Tools
*select: Internet Options...
*select: Connections
*select: LAN Settings
*check the box next to: "Use automatic configuration script"
*enter this Address: http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click on OK
*click on OK on the Internet Options menu

'''Internet Explorer 4.x (MS Windows Only) '''

*Use Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Higher; SP2 Highly Recommended
*select View
*select Internet Options
*select the Connection tab
*in the Automatic configuration box click on Configure
*enter this URL: http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click on Refresh
*click on OK then OK again on the Internet Options menu

'''Internet Explorer 3.x (MS Windows Only) '''

*select View
*select Options
*select the Connection tab
*in the Automatic configuration box click on Configure
*enter this URL: http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click on OK then OK again on the Internet Options menu

'''Netscape 7.x, 6.x or 4.x '''

*select Edit
*select Preferences
*click on the '+' to the left of the Advanced option
*click on Proxies
*click on the Automatic proxy configuration button
*enter in the Configuration Location (URL): http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click Reload and OK

'''Netscape 7.x, 6.x or 4.x in Mac OSX '''

*select Netscape from the menu bar.
*select Preferences
*click on the triangle to the left of the Advanced option
*click on Proxies
*click on the Automatic proxy configuration button
*enter in the Configuration Location (URL): http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click Reload and OK

'''Netscape Navigator 3.x and 2.x '''

*select Options
*select Network Preferences
*select the Proxies tab
*click on Automatic proxy configuration
*enter in the Configuration Location (URL): http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click Reload and oK

'''Mozilla 0.9.x or 1.x '''

*select Edit
*select Preferences
*click on the '+' to the left of the Advanced option
*click on Proxies
*click on the Automatic proxy configuration button
*enter in the Configuration Location (URL): http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click Reload and OK

'''Mozilla 0.9.x or 1.x in Mac OSX '''

*select Mozilla from the menu bar.
*select Preferences
*click on the triangle to the left of the Advanced option
*click on Proxies
*click on the Automatic proxy configuration button
*enter in the Configuration Location (URL): http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click Reload and OK

'''Mozilla Firefox 2.x '''

*select Tools
*select Options
*select Advanced
*select the Network tab
*in the "Connection" box, click on "Settings"
*click on the Automatic proxy configuration radio button
*enter in the Automatic proxy configuration URL: http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click Reload and then OK to close the "Connection Settings" dialog box
*click OK to close the "Options" dialog box

'''Mozilla Firefox 1.x '''

*select Tools
*select Options
*click on "Connection Settings" at the bottom of the "General" section of the "Options" dialog box
*click on the Automatic proxy configuration button
*enter in the Automatic proxy configuration URL: http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click Reload and then OK to close the "Connection Settings" dialog box
*click OK to close the "Options" dialog box

'''Mozilla Firefox 2.x in Mac OSX '''

*select Firefox from the menu bar.
*select Preferences
*select the Advanced icon
*select the Network tab
*in the "Connection" box, click on "Settings" button to bring up the "Set Up Proxies to Access the Internet" dialog box>
*click on the "Automatic proxy configuration URL" radio button
*enter the "Automatic proxy configuration URL:" http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click Reload and OK to close the "Connection Settings" dialog box
*click OK to save your changes and exit the Preferences dialog box.

'''Mozilla Firefox 1.x in Mac OSX '''

*select Firefox from the menu bar.
*select Preferences
*select the General icon
*click on the "Connection Settings" button to bring up the "Set Up Proxies for Accessing the Internet" dialog box>
*click on the "Automatic proxy configuration URL" radio button
*enter the "Automatic proxy configuration URL:" http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*click Reload and OK to close the "Connection Settings" dialog box
*click OK to save your changes and exit the Preferences dialog box.

'''Safari in Mac OSX '''

NOTE: Safari 2 under Mac OS 10.4.3 will work with the proxy service, as will Safari 1.2 under Mac OS 10.3.2. Safari 2 under 10.4 is problematic, and you should upgrade to the 10.4.3 level of the operating system if you hope to use Safari with the proxy service.
*Start up Safari, and choose "Preferences" from the "Safari" menu.
*Click on the "Advanced" icon.
*In the "Proxies:" option, click the "Change Settings..." button.
*System Preferences should start up automatically, with the "Network" panel open and "Proxies" selected. You may need to log in with your Administrator password to make these changes.
*Under "Select a proxy server to configure:", choose "Automatic Proxy Configuration." (You may need to scroll down the list to the end to see this choice).
*In the "Proxy Configuration File" text box, enter the URL for the CalNet-authenticating proxy server's configuration script: http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
*Click the "Apply now" button.
*Close the Network control panel.

It is not necessary to restart Safari to begin using the Library proxy server. There are, however, a number of caveats regarding the use of Safari with the proxy service.

Main Page

2009-02-22T18:24:09Z

Ogus: /* Suggestions for Future Articles */

__NOTOC__
=UC Berkeley Department of Mathematics=

Most pages can be edited by anyone who's logged in, and anyone can create an account. Feel free to add any computing related help and information.

==Computing Support==

Welcome to the UC Berkeley Math Department computing support wiki. We hope to provide information of use to all members of our department.

===LaTeX===
* How to [[LaTeX basics|use LaTeX]].
* How to [[LaTeX Install|install LaTeX]] on your own computer.

===Email===
* How to check your [[Email]] from your own computer.

===Printing and Scanning===
* How to [[printing|print]] on the department's printers from your laptop.
* How to [/~gbergman/958_scanner.html use the copier in 958 Evans as a scanner].

===Math Department Servers===
* How to [[Webpage Guide|create a homepage]].
* How to [[File Management|manage files on the math department servers]].
* How to use [[SSH Access|remote shell access]].
* How to [[Software|get math software]].

===Miscellaneous===
* How to [[Proxy Servers|access MathSciNet and UC E-links from off-campus]].
* How to use [[slides]] in the seminar rooms.

==Suggestions for Future Articles==
Please record any ideas you have for [[Future Articles]] that you would like to see.

How to submit an article to ArXive.

File Management

2009-02-18T05:58:45Z

Ogus: /* Using the Macintosh Finder */

This page describes how to manage your files on the math department network, both remotely and locally.

==Connecting to the Network==

In order to manage your account, you first have to connect to the network. If you are in Evans, you can log onto one of the departmental computers (such as the ones in 1015 annex or 838) and instantly be on your math department account. Note that the only computers allowed to be physically connected to the network are the departmental ones. Therefore, if you want to connect from another computer, such as your laptop or home computer, you need to connect remotely. There are two kinds of programs that can connect your computer remotely, SSH and SFTP.

===SSH===

SSH stands for Secure Shell. For those who have used Telnet before, it is practically the same program except that is has encryption to securely transfer data. The department server no longer accepts connection requests from Telnet clients, so you have to use SSH if you want to connect.

SSH basically is a program that mimics the Terminal windows found on our department's computers. It is useful for editing files, changing file permissions and running basic programs like text editors or Pine email program. With a more elaborate setup, you can actually run programs such as web browsers remotely through SSH (but be warned, it can be an extremely slow process!).

* Windows: you need to download an SSH client. One option is [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Putty]. Then use the SSH client to connect to <code>login.math.berkeley.edu</code>, using your usual departmental username and password.
* Mac: you already have SSH installed with your operating system. Just go to Utilities and click on Terminal. In the terminal window, type: <code>ssh -l <username> login.math.berkeley.edu</code> The <code>-l <username></code> part indicates to SSH that you want to log in with that specific username; if you don't include this text, then SSH will automatically use the account name on your computer (which probably won't be your departmental username).
* Unix: you probably have SSH preinstalled as well. Just open a terminal window and type in the same thing Mac users do.

Professor Vojta has the following [/computing/vojta/ssh.html reference].

===SFTP===

SFTP stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol, which is a secure version of FTP. As with Telnet, the department server no longer accepts connection requests from FTP, in order to increase network security.

As the name suggests, this program is primarily used to transfer files between the computer you are on and your account on the department network. Many SFTP clients have a graphical interface which make downloading and uploading very easy, and most also have an easy way of changing file and directory permissions.

If you have a command-line <tt>ssh</tt> program on your Mac or Unix computer, you probably have <tt>sftp</tt> as well. A recommendation for Windows is [http://winscp.net/ WinSCP].

===Using the Macintosh Finder===
There are several protocols that will allow you to access and manipulate files on our unix network via the Macintosh finder. Probably the easiest to use is "Netatalk,"
which unfortunately is not very robustly supported, and may be turned off at some point in the future. At present you can use it from any Macintosh computer, either in your office or from home or another location. After this is done, connecting is easy: just select "Connect to server" in the "Go" menu of the Finder. This will bring up the "Connect to Server" dialog box. Enter "afp://blue2.math.berkeley.edu". You should then be greeted with another dialog box asking for your password---your standard unix password should work. Once the connection goes through, a second dialog will appear, asking you to select a volume to mount. Choose the one with your unix user name. At this point your unix home directory should appear as a volume on your Macintosh. Be sure to unmount the volume when you are finished with it.

Another option is to use SMB (Samba). The basic method is the same, but enter "smb://gold.math.berkeley.edu" in the "Connect to Server" dialog box, There is an additional wrinkle, however: SMB connections are not allowed from off campus computers. To get around this, you must use the Virtual Private Network (VPN)
client provided by Campus Central Computing. Actually the VPN is useful in other contexts too, for example to connect to library resources without going through the web proxies.

==Using Unix commands==

Once you've logged into your account, either on one of the department's computers or using [[#SSH|SSH]], you will be presented with a Unix command line.

===Navigation===

Every file and directory has a path; if you think of the directories as a tree, then the path is just the path in the tree through all the subdirectories you need to get to that directory or file. For example, your account's home directory is <code>/home/u2/grad/<username></code>

* <code>cd <pathname></code> '''C'''hange '''d'''irectory to the one given in <pathname>. This command has a very fine distinction between absolute paths and relative paths. If the pathname does not begin with / then it signifies that you are talking about subdirectories of the current one. If it does begin with / then you are specifying the path from the root of the directory tree.
* <code>cd ..</code> Go up one level in the hierarchy.
* <code>cd</code> With no argument, this command returns you to your home directory.
* <code>pwd</code> Print current directory. This is really useful if you've forgotten what directory you're in.
* <code>ls</code> '''L'''i'''s'''ts the files and subdirectories of the present directory.
* <code>ls -a</code> Lists all the files and subdirectories in the present directory. This includes files which begin with a <code>.</code>, which are usually hidden: mostly settings files and other weird junk that usually you don't care about.
* <code>ls -l</code> Lists files and subdirectories with other information about them, including [[#Permissions|permissions]].

===Create, Move and Destroy===

The file server tends to treat directories very differently from files, so if you're going to do some major changes to you account heirarchy it's probably better to use a graphical SFTP program than trying to do this all in a terminal or SSH.

* <code>mkdir <name></code> '''M'''a'''k'''es a new '''dir'''ectory with the given name.
* <code>cp <filename> <pathname></code> Creates a '''c'''o'''p'''y of file <filename> in the directory given by <pathname>. The same caveat regarding pathnames applies as with <code>cd</code>. This assumes that the file is in the current directory. If you'd like to move a file in a different directory, you have to put the file's path instead of <filename>.
* <code>mv <filename> <pathname></code> '''M'''o'''v'''es a file to a different location. By specifying a filename at the end of the second path, you can also rename the file.
* <code>rm <filename></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves (deletes) the file. Be careful because unlike moving a file to the trash, once you've typed the <code>rm</code> command there's no way to get the file back. For directories, you have to use:
* <code>rmdir <directoryname></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves a '''dir'''ectory. You can only remove a directory if it is empty.

===Permissions===

Unix has different levels of permissions associated to files which control what you and other people can do. Somewhat confusingly, these are set using a 3 digit number, but the <code>ls -l</code> command displays them using a sequence of letters and dashes. There are many variations, but most of the time the following guidelines work:
* For things you want other people to see (such as web pages): use 644 (<code>rw-r--r--</code> in <code>ls -l</code>) for files and 755 (<code>rwxr-xr-x</code>) for directories.
* For things which you don't what other people to read: use 600 (<code>rw-------</code>) for files and 700 (<code>rwx------</code>) for directories.
The command for setting the permissions on a file is <code>chmod</code>, for example: <code>chmod 644 index.html</code>. For more details, read on.

There are three different permissions and three different classes of users to which these permissions can be assigned. The permissions are read (r), write (w), and execute (x). For files, read and write mean the obvious things. The execute permission gives the ability to run the file as a program. For directories, the interpretations are slightly different: the read permission is the ability to see the list of files in the directory, the write permission allows you to create, move, and delete files in the directory, and the execute permission is necessary to do anything with files in the directory or its subdirectories other than see the list of files in the directory itself. Note that the ability to delete a file depends on having write permission to the directory it's contained in, and not anything with the file itself.

The three classes of users which may be given each of these three permissions: owner (i.e. you), group, and others. By default on the math servers, files you create will belong to the <code>grad</code> group, which includes all graduate students. Each of these three classes is assigned some subset of the permissions above. The three-digit code is formed by having one digit for each class (in the order: owner, group, others), and the binary expansion of the digit represents the permissions (read = 4, write = 2, execute = 1). For example, 644 gives read and write permission to the owner and read permission to the group and others.

File Management

2009-02-17T16:54:02Z

Ogus: /* Using the Macintosh Finder */

This page describes how to manage your files on the math department network, both remotely and locally.

==Connecting to the Network==

In order to manage your account, you first have to connect to the network. If you are in Evans, you can log onto one of the departmental computers (such as the ones in 1015 annex or 838) and instantly be on your math department account. Note that the only computers allowed to be physically connected to the network are the departmental ones. Therefore, if you want to connect from another computer, such as your laptop or home computer, you need to connect remotely. There are two kinds of programs that can connect your computer remotely, SSH and SFTP.

===SSH===

SSH stands for Secure Shell. For those who have used Telnet before, it is practically the same program except that is has encryption to securely transfer data. The department server no longer accepts connection requests from Telnet clients, so you have to use SSH if you want to connect.

SSH basically is a program that mimics the Terminal windows found on our department's computers. It is useful for editing files, changing file permissions and running basic programs like text editors or Pine email program. With a more elaborate setup, you can actually run programs such as web browsers remotely through SSH (but be warned, it can be an extremely slow process!).

* Windows: you need to download an SSH client. One option is [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Putty]. Then use the SSH client to connect to <code>login.math.berkeley.edu</code>, using your usual departmental username and password.
* Mac: you already have SSH installed with your operating system. Just go to Utilities and click on Terminal. In the terminal window, type: <code>ssh -l <username> login.math.berkeley.edu</code> The <code>-l <username></code> part indicates to SSH that you want to log in with that specific username; if you don't include this text, then SSH will automatically use the account name on your computer (which probably won't be your departmental username).
* Unix: you probably have SSH preinstalled as well. Just open a terminal window and type in the same thing Mac users do.

Professor Vojta has the following [/computing/vojta/ssh.html reference].

===SFTP===

SFTP stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol, which is a secure version of FTP. As with Telnet, the department server no longer accepts connection requests from FTP, in order to increase network security.

As the name suggests, this program is primarily used to transfer files between the computer you are on and your account on the department network. Many SFTP clients have a graphical interface which make downloading and uploading very easy, and most also have an easy way of changing file and directory permissions.

If you have a command-line <tt>ssh</tt> program on your Mac or Unix computer, you probably have <tt>sftp</tt> as well. A recommendation for Windows is [http://winscp.net/ WinSCP].

===Using the Macintosh Finder===
There are several protocols that will allow you to access and manipulate files on our unix network via the Macintosh finder. Probably the easiest to use is "Netatalk,"
which unfortunately is not very robustly supported, and may be turned off at some point in the future. At present you can use it from any Macintosh computer, either in your office or from home or another location. After this is done, connecting is easy: just select "Connect to server" in the "Go" menu of the Finder. This will bring up the "Connect to Server" dialog box. Enter "blue2.math.berkeley.edu". You should then be greeted with another dialog box asking for your password---your standard unix password should work. Once the connection goes through, a second dialog will appear, asking you to select a volume to mount. Choose the one with your unix user name. At this point your unix home directory should appear as a volume on your Macintosh. Be sure to unmount the volume when you are finished with it.

==Using Unix commands==

Once you've logged into your account, either on one of the department's computers or using [[#SSH|SSH]], you will be presented with a Unix command line.

===Navigation===

Every file and directory has a path; if you think of the directories as a tree, then the path is just the path in the tree through all the subdirectories you need to get to that directory or file. For example, your account's home directory is <code>/home/u2/grad/<username></code>

* <code>cd <pathname></code> '''C'''hange '''d'''irectory to the one given in <pathname>. This command has a very fine distinction between absolute paths and relative paths. If the pathname does not begin with / then it signifies that you are talking about subdirectories of the current one. If it does begin with / then you are specifying the path from the root of the directory tree.
* <code>cd ..</code> Go up one level in the hierarchy.
* <code>cd</code> With no argument, this command returns you to your home directory.
* <code>pwd</code> Print current directory. This is really useful if you've forgotten what directory you're in.
* <code>ls</code> '''L'''i'''s'''ts the files and subdirectories of the present directory.
* <code>ls -a</code> Lists all the files and subdirectories in the present directory. This includes files which begin with a <code>.</code>, which are usually hidden: mostly settings files and other weird junk that usually you don't care about.
* <code>ls -l</code> Lists files and subdirectories with other information about them, including [[#Permissions|permissions]].

===Create, Move and Destroy===

The file server tends to treat directories very differently from files, so if you're going to do some major changes to you account heirarchy it's probably better to use a graphical SFTP program than trying to do this all in a terminal or SSH.

* <code>mkdir <name></code> '''M'''a'''k'''es a new '''dir'''ectory with the given name.
* <code>cp <filename> <pathname></code> Creates a '''c'''o'''p'''y of file <filename> in the directory given by <pathname>. The same caveat regarding pathnames applies as with <code>cd</code>. This assumes that the file is in the current directory. If you'd like to move a file in a different directory, you have to put the file's path instead of <filename>.
* <code>mv <filename> <pathname></code> '''M'''o'''v'''es a file to a different location. By specifying a filename at the end of the second path, you can also rename the file.
* <code>rm <filename></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves (deletes) the file. Be careful because unlike moving a file to the trash, once you've typed the <code>rm</code> command there's no way to get the file back. For directories, you have to use:
* <code>rmdir <directoryname></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves a '''dir'''ectory. You can only remove a directory if it is empty.

===Permissions===

Unix has different levels of permissions associated to files which control what you and other people can do. Somewhat confusingly, these are set using a 3 digit number, but the <code>ls -l</code> command displays them using a sequence of letters and dashes. There are many variations, but most of the time the following guidelines work:
* For things you want other people to see (such as web pages): use 644 (<code>rw-r--r--</code> in <code>ls -l</code>) for files and 755 (<code>rwxr-xr-x</code>) for directories.
* For things which you don't what other people to read: use 600 (<code>rw-------</code>) for files and 700 (<code>rwx------</code>) for directories.
The command for setting the permissions on a file is <code>chmod</code>, for example: <code>chmod 644 index.html</code>. For more details, read on.

There are three different permissions and three different classes of users to which these permissions can be assigned. The permissions are read (r), write (w), and execute (x). For files, read and write mean the obvious things. The execute permission gives the ability to run the file as a program. For directories, the interpretations are slightly different: the read permission is the ability to see the list of files in the directory, the write permission allows you to create, move, and delete files in the directory, and the execute permission is necessary to do anything with files in the directory or its subdirectories other than see the list of files in the directory itself. Note that the ability to delete a file depends on having write permission to the directory it's contained in, and not anything with the file itself.

The three classes of users which may be given each of these three permissions: owner (i.e. you), group, and others. By default on the math servers, files you create will belong to the <code>grad</code> group, which includes all graduate students. Each of these three classes is assigned some subset of the permissions above. The three-digit code is formed by having one digit for each class (in the order: owner, group, others), and the binary expansion of the digit represents the permissions (read = 4, write = 2, execute = 1). For example, 644 gives read and write permission to the owner and read permission to the group and others.

File Management

2009-02-17T08:02:15Z

Ogus: /* Using the Macintosh Finder */

This page describes how to manage your files on the math department network, both remotely and locally.

==Connecting to the Network==

In order to manage your account, you first have to connect to the network. If you are in Evans, you can log onto one of the departmental computers (such as the ones in 1015 annex or 838) and instantly be on your math department account. Note that the only computers allowed to be physically connected to the network are the departmental ones. Therefore, if you want to connect from another computer, such as your laptop or home computer, you need to connect remotely. There are two kinds of programs that can connect your computer remotely, SSH and SFTP.

===SSH===

SSH stands for Secure Shell. For those who have used Telnet before, it is practically the same program except that is has encryption to securely transfer data. The department server no longer accepts connection requests from Telnet clients, so you have to use SSH if you want to connect.

SSH basically is a program that mimics the Terminal windows found on our department's computers. It is useful for editing files, changing file permissions and running basic programs like text editors or Pine email program. With a more elaborate setup, you can actually run programs such as web browsers remotely through SSH (but be warned, it can be an extremely slow process!).

* Windows: you need to download an SSH client. One option is [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Putty]. Then use the SSH client to connect to <code>login.math.berkeley.edu</code>, using your usual departmental username and password.
* Mac: you already have SSH installed with your operating system. Just go to Utilities and click on Terminal. In the terminal window, type: <code>ssh -l <username> login.math.berkeley.edu</code> The <code>-l <username></code> part indicates to SSH that you want to log in with that specific username; if you don't include this text, then SSH will automatically use the account name on your computer (which probably won't be your departmental username).
* Unix: you probably have SSH preinstalled as well. Just open a terminal window and type in the same thing Mac users do.

Professor Vojta has the following [/computing/vojta/ssh.html reference].

===SFTP===

SFTP stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol, which is a secure version of FTP. As with Telnet, the department server no longer accepts connection requests from FTP, in order to increase network security.

As the name suggests, this program is primarily used to transfer files between the computer you are on and your account on the department network. Many SFTP clients have a graphical interface which make downloading and uploading very easy, and most also have an easy way of changing file and directory permissions.

If you have a command-line <tt>ssh</tt> program on your Mac or Unix computer, you probably have <tt>sftp</tt> as well. A recommendation for Windows is [http://winscp.net/ WinSCP].

===Using the Macintosh Finder===
There are several protocols that will allow you to access and manipulate files on our unix network via the Macintosh finder. Probably the easiest to use is "Netatalk,"
which unfortunately is not very robustly supported, and may be turned off at some point in the future. At present you can use it from any Macintosh computer, either in your office or from home or another location. Your standard unix password may work, otherwise you will need to contact the system administrators. After this is done, connecting is easy: just select "Connect to server" in the "Go" menu of the Finder. This will bring up the "Connect to Server" dialog box. Enter
"blue2.math.berkeley.edu". You should then be greeted with another dialog box asking for your password. Once the connection goes through, a second
dialog will appear, asking you to select a volume to mount. Choose the one with your unix user name. At this point your unix home directory should appear as a volume on your Macintosh. Be sure to unmount the volume when you are finished with it.

==Using Unix commands==

Once you've logged into your account, either on one of the department's computers or using [[#SSH|SSH]], you will be presented with a Unix command line.

===Navigation===

Every file and directory has a path; if you think of the directories as a tree, then the path is just the path in the tree through all the subdirectories you need to get to that directory or file. For example, your account's home directory is <code>/home/u2/grad/<username></code>

* <code>cd <pathname></code> '''C'''hange '''d'''irectory to the one given in <pathname>. This command has a very fine distinction between absolute paths and relative paths. If the pathname does not begin with / then it signifies that you are talking about subdirectories of the current one. If it does begin with / then you are specifying the path from the root of the directory tree.
* <code>cd ..</code> Go up one level in the hierarchy.
* <code>cd</code> With no argument, this command returns you to your home directory.
* <code>pwd</code> Print current directory. This is really useful if you've forgotten what directory you're in.
* <code>ls</code> '''L'''i'''s'''ts the files and subdirectories of the present directory.
* <code>ls -a</code> Lists all the files and subdirectories in the present directory. This includes files which begin with a <code>.</code>, which are usually hidden: mostly settings files and other weird junk that usually you don't care about.
* <code>ls -l</code> Lists files and subdirectories with other information about them, including [[#Permissions|permissions]].

===Create, Move and Destroy===

The file server tends to treat directories very differently from files, so if you're going to do some major changes to you account heirarchy it's probably better to use a graphical SFTP program than trying to do this all in a terminal or SSH.

* <code>mkdir <name></code> '''M'''a'''k'''es a new '''dir'''ectory with the given name.
* <code>cp <filename> <pathname></code> Creates a '''c'''o'''p'''y of file <filename> in the directory given by <pathname>. The same caveat regarding pathnames applies as with <code>cd</code>. This assumes that the file is in the current directory. If you'd like to move a file in a different directory, you have to put the file's path instead of <filename>.
* <code>mv <filename> <pathname></code> '''M'''o'''v'''es a file to a different location. By specifying a filename at the end of the second path, you can also rename the file.
* <code>rm <filename></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves (deletes) the file. Be careful because unlike moving a file to the trash, once you've typed the <code>rm</code> command there's no way to get the file back. For directories, you have to use:
* <code>rmdir <directoryname></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves a '''dir'''ectory. You can only remove a directory if it is empty.

===Permissions===

Unix has different levels of permissions associated to files which control what you and other people can do. Somewhat confusingly, these are set using a 3 digit number, but the <code>ls -l</code> command displays them using a sequence of letters and dashes. There are many variations, but most of the time the following guidelines work:
* For things you want other people to see (such as web pages): use 644 (<code>rw-r--r--</code> in <code>ls -l</code>) for files and 755 (<code>rwxr-xr-x</code>) for directories.
* For things which you don't what other people to read: use 600 (<code>rw-------</code>) for files and 700 (<code>rwx------</code>) for directories.
The command for setting the permissions on a file is <code>chmod</code>, for example: <code>chmod 644 index.html</code>. For more details, read on.

There are three different permissions and three different classes of users to which these permissions can be assigned. The permissions are read (r), write (w), and execute (x). For files, read and write mean the obvious things. The execute permission gives the ability to run the file as a program. For directories, the interpretations are slightly different: the read permission is the ability to see the list of files in the directory, the write permission allows you to create, move, and delete files in the directory, and the execute permission is necessary to do anything with files in the directory or its subdirectories other than see the list of files in the directory itself. Note that the ability to delete a file depends on having write permission to the directory it's contained in, and not anything with the file itself.

The three classes of users which may be given each of these three permissions: owner (i.e. you), group, and others. By default on the math servers, files you create will belong to the <code>grad</code> group, which includes all graduate students. Each of these three classes is assigned some subset of the permissions above. The three-digit code is formed by having one digit for each class (in the order: owner, group, others), and the binary expansion of the digit represents the permissions (read = 4, write = 2, execute = 1). For example, 644 gives read and write permission to the owner and read permission to the group and others.

File Management

2009-02-17T07:27:37Z

Ogus: /* Connecting to the Network */

This page describes how to manage your files on the math department network, both remotely and locally.

==Connecting to the Network==

In order to manage your account, you first have to connect to the network. If you are in Evans, you can log onto one of the departmental computers (such as the ones in 1015 annex or 838) and instantly be on your math department account. Note that the only computers allowed to be physically connected to the network are the departmental ones. Therefore, if you want to connect from another computer, such as your laptop or home computer, you need to connect remotely. There are two kinds of programs that can connect your computer remotely, SSH and SFTP.

===SSH===

SSH stands for Secure Shell. For those who have used Telnet before, it is practically the same program except that is has encryption to securely transfer data. The department server no longer accepts connection requests from Telnet clients, so you have to use SSH if you want to connect.

SSH basically is a program that mimics the Terminal windows found on our department's computers. It is useful for editing files, changing file permissions and running basic programs like text editors or Pine email program. With a more elaborate setup, you can actually run programs such as web browsers remotely through SSH (but be warned, it can be an extremely slow process!).

* Windows: you need to download an SSH client. One option is [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Putty]. Then use the SSH client to connect to <code>login.math.berkeley.edu</code>, using your usual departmental username and password.
* Mac: you already have SSH installed with your operating system. Just go to Utilities and click on Terminal. In the terminal window, type: <code>ssh -l <username> login.math.berkeley.edu</code> The <code>-l <username></code> part indicates to SSH that you want to log in with that specific username; if you don't include this text, then SSH will automatically use the account name on your computer (which probably won't be your departmental username).
* Unix: you probably have SSH preinstalled as well. Just open a terminal window and type in the same thing Mac users do.

Professor Vojta has the following [/computing/vojta/ssh.html reference].

===SFTP===

SFTP stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol, which is a secure version of FTP. As with Telnet, the department server no longer accepts connection requests from FTP, in order to increase network security.

As the name suggests, this program is primarily used to transfer files between the computer you are on and your account on the department network. Many SFTP clients have a graphical interface which make downloading and uploading very easy, and most also have an easy way of changing file and directory permissions.

If you have a command-line <tt>ssh</tt> program on your Mac or Unix computer, you probably have <tt>sftp</tt> as well. A recommendation for Windows is [http://winscp.net/ WinSCP].

===Using the Macintosh Finder===
There are several protocols that will allow you to access and manipulate files on our unix network via the Macintosh finder. Probably the easiest to use is "Netatalk,"
which unfortunately is not very robustly supported, and may be turned off at some point in the future. At present you can use it from any Macintosh computer, either in your office or from home or another location. Your standard unix password may work, otherwise you will need to contact the system administrators. After this is done, connecting is easy: just select "Connect to server" in the "Go" menu of the Finder. This will bring up the "Connect to Server" dialog box. Enter
"blue2.math.berkeley.edu". You should then be greeted with another dialog box asking for your password. Once the connection goes through, a second
dialog will appear, asking you to select a volume to mount Choose the one with your unix user name. At this point your unix home directory should appear as a volume on your Macintosh, called, unfortunately "default." Be sure to unmount the volume when you are finished with it.

==Using Unix commands==

Once you've logged into your account, either on one of the department's computers or using [[#SSH|SSH]], you will be presented with a Unix command line.

===Navigation===

Every file and directory has a path; if you think of the directories as a tree, then the path is just the path in the tree through all the subdirectories you need to get to that directory or file. For example, your account's home directory is <code>/home/u2/grad/<username></code>

* <code>cd <pathname></code> '''C'''hange '''d'''irectory to the one given in <pathname>. This command has a very fine distinction between absolute paths and relative paths. If the pathname does not begin with / then it signifies that you are talking about subdirectories of the current one. If it does begin with / then you are specifying the path from the root of the directory tree.
* <code>cd ..</code> Go up one level in the hierarchy.
* <code>cd</code> With no argument, this command returns you to your home directory.
* <code>pwd</code> Print current directory. This is really useful if you've forgotten what directory you're in.
* <code>ls</code> '''L'''i'''s'''ts the files and subdirectories of the present directory.
* <code>ls -a</code> Lists all the files and subdirectories in the present directory. This includes files which begin with a <code>.</code>, which are usually hidden: mostly settings files and other weird junk that usually you don't care about.
* <code>ls -l</code> Lists files and subdirectories with other information about them, including [[#Permissions|permissions]].

===Create, Move and Destroy===

The file server tends to treat directories very differently from files, so if you're going to do some major changes to you account heirarchy it's probably better to use a graphical SFTP program than trying to do this all in a terminal or SSH.

* <code>mkdir <name></code> '''M'''a'''k'''es a new '''dir'''ectory with the given name.
* <code>cp <filename> <pathname></code> Creates a '''c'''o'''p'''y of file <filename> in the directory given by <pathname>. The same caveat regarding pathnames applies as with <code>cd</code>. This assumes that the file is in the current directory. If you'd like to move a file in a different directory, you have to put the file's path instead of <filename>.
* <code>mv <filename> <pathname></code> '''M'''o'''v'''es a file to a different location. By specifying a filename at the end of the second path, you can also rename the file.
* <code>rm <filename></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves (deletes) the file. Be careful because unlike moving a file to the trash, once you've typed the <code>rm</code> command there's no way to get the file back. For directories, you have to use:
* <code>rmdir <directoryname></code> '''R'''e'''m'''oves a '''dir'''ectory. You can only remove a directory if it is empty.

===Permissions===

Unix has different levels of permissions associated to files which control what you and other people can do. Somewhat confusingly, these are set using a 3 digit number, but the <code>ls -l</code> command displays them using a sequence of letters and dashes. There are many variations, but most of the time the following guidelines work:
* For things you want other people to see (such as web pages): use 644 (<code>rw-r--r--</code> in <code>ls -l</code>) for files and 755 (<code>rwxr-xr-x</code>) for directories.
* For things which you don't what other people to read: use 600 (<code>rw-------</code>) for files and 700 (<code>rwx------</code>) for directories.
The command for setting the permissions on a file is <code>chmod</code>, for example: <code>chmod 644 index.html</code>. For more details, read on.

There are three different permissions and three different classes of users to which these permissions can be assigned. The permissions are read (r), write (w), and execute (x). For files, read and write mean the obvious things. The execute permission gives the ability to run the file as a program. For directories, the interpretations are slightly different: the read permission is the ability to see the list of files in the directory, the write permission allows you to create, move, and delete files in the directory, and the execute permission is necessary to do anything with files in the directory or its subdirectories other than see the list of files in the directory itself. Note that the ability to delete a file depends on having write permission to the directory it's contained in, and not anything with the file itself.

The three classes of users which may be given each of these three permissions: owner (i.e. you), group, and others. By default on the math servers, files you create will belong to the <code>grad</code> group, which includes all graduate students. Each of these three classes is assigned some subset of the permissions above. The three-digit code is formed by having one digit for each class (in the order: owner, group, others), and the binary expansion of the digit represents the permissions (read = 4, write = 2, execute = 1). For example, 644 gives read and write permission to the owner and read permission to the group and others.

LaTeX Install

2009-02-16T04:30:11Z

Ogus: /* Installing LaTeX */

==Installation for Windows==

There are three easy steps for installing LaTeX on Windows:
* Install GhostView - for creating and viewing postscript (.ps) files
* Install MikTex - this is the standard LaTeX package for Windows
* Install a Text Editor - to type up your own LaTeX files or edit other people's files

All these components will take up approximately 400 MB on your computer, but have at least 600 MB free before installation to keep your computer running smoothly.

===Installing GhostView===

This step is so that you can create and view postscript (.ps) files.

You need to download GhostView, which consists of two parts, GSView and Ghostscript. [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/index.htm Download] the most current versions of both and install them following the instructions in the self-extracting installation packages. Users of personal computers should install the Win32 versions of these packages.

===Installing MikTeX===

This is the crucial component of the installation and also the biggest on disk, consisting of more than 300 MB. Expect it to take about an hour to download and install, even with a fast connection and computer.

Go to the [http://miktex.org/ MikTex webpage] and choose Install MikTex from the left menu bar. Select the version you want to install (probably the newest) and follow the instructions. You usually have the choice between a basic install and a full install. If you have the room on your computer and plan to use LaTeX pretty heavily in the future, you might as well do a complete install, rather than having to [[#Installing_Extra_Packages|add packages later]]. (Note: this is pretty much unnecessary with newer versions of MikTeX, if you're always connected to the internet -- it downloads any packages you need on the fly, while compiling your tex documents.)

Once MikTeX is done installing, it will have created two directories full of many files: the <tt>MikTex</tt> directory and the <tt>texmf</tt> directory, the latter of which has all the executable files like <tt>latex.exe</tt> .

====Adding MikTeX to the PATH====
In Windows, the "PATH" is a list of directories which are automatically searches for executable files when you type a command on the command line. You should add the directory containing <code>latex.exe</code> to the PATH.

In Windows XP, go to Control Panel, click on 'System', go to the 'Advanced' tab, click on 'Environment Variables'. Scroll down the 'user variables' box until you find "PATH" (you may need to create it?), and add the appropriate directory, probably <code>c:\miktex\texmf\bin\</code>. Multiple entries in the PATH should be separated by semicolons (;).

===Installing a Text Editor===

Any text editor is sufficient to type up LaTeX documents, however some are specially designed with LaTeX in mind. These usually have buttons for common tasks and text highlighting/coloration for LaTeX environments like Math Mode.

Warning: do not type up LaTeX documents in word processing programs, such as MS Word. These programs "mark up" the text, meaning they have program-specific coding hidden in the file. The text you see on screen is much less than the actual text inside the file. The LaTeX compiler will encounter this extra coding and produce strange results.

It's recommended to use a text editor with LaTeX-specific features. Such a list can be found [[Text_Editor | here]].

For text editors without LaTeX in mind, you will have to create your LaTeX files in them (making sure to give them a .tex filename extension). Open the command prompt, navigate to the directory containing your file, and type <code>latex <filename></code> to compile the file. This produces several files, including a <code>.dvi</code> file. The DVI file can easily be converted to PS or PDF formats.

(Note, this requires that you have correctly set the PATH, as described above.)

===Installing Extra Packages===
Once you've been using LaTeX for a while, you may find that you need to install new/additional LaTeX packages. MikTeX makes this process very simple. Find MikTeX in your Start Menu and select <tt>MikTex Options</tt>. This is the file <tt>mo.exe</tt> in the same directory where you find <tt>latex.exe</tt> (usually this is <tt>C:\texmf\miktex\bin</tt> ).

Click on the <tt>Packages</tt> tab, then right-click the root of the directory tree (usually called 'MikTeX Packages'). The option 'Find Package' appears, so click it. Then type the name of the package you seek into the appropriate field and click 'Find Now'. Select the search result you want and click 'Goto'. Install if necessary.

==Installation for Mac==

===Installing LaTeX===

[http://www.tug.org/mactex/ MacTeX] is a complete LaTeX distribution for the Mac. It includes lots of TeX-related software, such as TeXShop, a graphical front end for editing and compiling LaTeX. Be warned that it's a 744 MB download, which is the price you pay for completeness. It also includes the "TeX Live Utility" which helps you keep your TeX distribution up to date.

A list of other text editors can be found [[Text Editor | here]].

===Installing Extra Packages===

Once you've been using LaTeX for a while, you may find that you need to install new/additional LaTeX packages.

==Installation for Linux==
If you're running something debian-like (including ubuntu), just type

sudo apt-get install latex

Easy, huh? You can now tex your documents with commands like

latex thesis

You might want to learn how to use emacs, which is often considered the-one-true-editor. On the other hand, it's a long and steep learning curve before you might believe that.