RE: [Sheflug] FirstClass Email Client

["Morris, David (Allvac, UK)" <david [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk 
> [mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk] On Behalf Of 
> Charles A Melling
> Sent: 10 November 2005 12:42
> To: shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Sheflug] FirstClass Email Client
> 
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:16:20 -0000, Peter Baines 
> <me [at] petebaines.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am new to the sheflug list. I am currently a student at Hallam 
> > university studying computing (second year).
> >
> > I know that most of you are not affiliated with the 
> university but may 
> > be aware that they use the FirstClass software for all the email.
> >
> > My question is thus; How the hell do I use another email client 
> > (mainly
> > evolution) to use it?
> >
> > Presently I am using WINE to run the windows version (very poorly).
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Pete
> 
> I am on staff at Hallam, we have not had First Class for a 
> couple of years and have to use Outlook Webmail to manage 
> email outside of the Uni., because we have not been allowed 
> direct external access to the mail servers for over a year.
> 
> However if they are allowing students to use the first class 
> client on their own machines to log on to the student mail 
> server. You should be able to get the server information from 
> the account settings and logon as a pop account, which I used 
> to do in the good old days before we were given Outlook... I 
> used kmail at the time.

There's no POP3 or IMAP access to hera.shu.ac.uk (having just tried).

There is however a telnet interface on port 23 which works. It's not
pretty though, and I'd lay odds that most people wouldn't even
acknowledge its existence.

Just having tried (again), there is POP3 and IMAP access via
fcweb.shu.ac.uk on the usual ports. I dunno about SMTP though.

Alternatively, the web interface works with Firefox on fcweb.shu.ac.uk
(accessible through the student portal as well: myweb.shu.ac.uk)..
Marginally "prettier" but still not as good as the native client.

-- 
David
(Part time SHU student amongst other things)
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