Using POP to collect CSE Email
Summary
POP Server: pop3.cse.unsw.edu.auSSL: Enabled, on port 995
SMTP server: smtp.cse.unsw.edu.au (also enable SSL)
SSL: Enabled with port 465
Login: Your CSE Username and password
You probably want to use IMAP instead
Most people who want to read their CSE email, particularly from a remote location should be using IMAP.If you know you specifically need to use POP, read on...
Stopping the automatic spooling of mail to your home directory
When you log in to a CSE UNIX computer, a program called checkmail gets started, which checks if you have mail in the system spool and if you do, it delivers it to your $HOME/.incoming-mail file.This means when you use something like Netscape to check mail via POP3, it doesn't work as chances are, checkmail has beaten Netscape to it and put your mail in the mail file in your account.
To disable checkmail you need to create an empty file in your home directory called .noautomail. You can do this a in a number of ways, here's one:
cd; touch .noautomailBe aware that this will prevent automatic delivery of mail to your account when you log in at uni. In order to manually fetch your mail at uni, you can type getmail. If you wish to have mail delivered automatically again, remove the .noautomail file in your home directory.
Configuration
The POP3 server for the school is pop3.cse.unsw.edu.au with port 995 (do not use 110). The SMTP server is smtp.cse.unsw.edu.au with port 465. Both connections require your CSE username and password and should use SSL.NOTE: Do not instruct your mail client to "leave mail on server" if you are using Outlook, this has prevented pop3 from downloading the mail in some cases.