Today your Redbrick email was converted from mailspool format to Maildir format. What do you have to do? ======================= - If you had mailer configuration files (.muttrc or .pinerc): These files have been moved to /home/oldmail/USERNAME. Sample guide files named .muttrc.suggested and .pinerc.suggested have been left in their place. Using these files, create new working .muttrc or .pinerc configuration files. (See: http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/help/the_big_move/mailers/) - If you used .procmailrc mail filtering: Your .procmailrc file has been moved to /home/oldmail/USERNAME. A guide file can be found at .procmailrc.suggested. Make sure there are no mistakes in your .procmailrc, mistakes can result in losing new mail. (See: http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/help/the_big_move/procmail/) - If you forward all your Redbrick mail to another account (e.g. DCU account) or use Redbrick system defaults for all your mail: No action is required. What does this change mean? =========================== - You can now find your mail at ~/Maildir instead of ~/.mailspool. - Your mail is now reliable over NFS. (Sharing amoung several machines) - Your mail is now compatible with IMAP mail clients (Evolution, Outlook Express, Pine). - Your mail is now compatible with the upcoming Redbrick Webmail system. If you have any questions about your configuration don't hesitate to contact helpdesk@redbrick.dcu.ie . New Server ========== Finally, we ask everyone to test out our new server which should become the primary Redbrick login machine in the next few weeks. To log in simply: Change the hostname field in PuTTy to 'deathray.redbrick.dcu.ie'. or Type 'ssh deathray' from your regular Redbrick session. If you find any issues with the new server, mail a description of the problem to deathray-issues@lists.redbrick.dcu.ie . Regards, Redbrick Admin Team. -- Dermot Duffy System Administrator DCU Networking Society http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie