User Account Info and Configuration

Server Remote Session Access

Telnet-style remote sessions on the server are supported via programs that support the SSH protocol. Modern unix-like systems will supply the command-line programs ssh, scp and sftp via the OpenSSH or the original commercial vendor, SSH Communications Security. If you work on a windows machine we suggest you use Putty and WinSCP (both freeware) to connect to the server user nodes.

servername: apollo.physics.utoronto.ca

Email Settings

Where possible, your email client should be configured to use SSL/TLS encrypted IMAP connections. Since we use self-signed certificates, your email reader will probably complain about an unrecognized certificate. Tell it to accept the certificate permanently.

All new accounts should use the Authenticated SMTP server where possible.

email address: username@physics.utoronto.ca

IMAP server: maildir.physics.utoronto.ca

Old IMAP server: imap.physics.utoronto.ca

POP server: pop.physics.utoronto.ca

SMTP server: smtp.physics.utoronto.ca

Authenticated SMTP server: smtp-auth.physics.utoronto.ca (port 587)

Note on Authenticated SMTP Server

Some email clients (eg. Thunderbird) provide a text box into which you enter a port associated with the address. Others (eg. Evolution), require you to append the port number to the address, separated by a colon (eg. smtp-auth.physics.utoronto.ca:587).

Email Clients Set up

Pine-specific Settings

smtp-server=smtp-auth.physics.utoronto.ca:587/tls/novalidate-cert

inbox-path={maildir.physics.utoronto.ca/tls/novalidate-cert}INBOX

folder-collections="Physics Maildir Mail" {maildir.physics.utoronto.ca/tls/novalidate-cert}[]

Web Mail

http://webmail.physics.utoronto.ca
      
 (select "Maildir IMAP Server")

Web Site

in your user space on apollo you have a folder named "web-docs". This is your web space.
Whatever you put in this folder will be served on the web as:

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~yourUserName/

Linux/Unix client access:
ssh to your account and add files to the "web-docs" folder.

Windows client access:
use winscp to upload the files or putty to add/change files in your "web-docs" folder.