I am not receiving any mail in my mac email account. Is the email address [email protected] r.ca or [email protected]? or does it even matter?

Originally Posted by zunizoon

I am not receiving any mail in my mac email account. Is the email address [email protected] r.ca or [email protected]? or does it even matter?

I think someone mentioned in another thread that it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter. You can even send mail to [email protected] (student number) if you wish

Originally Posted by zunizoon

I am not receiving any mail in my mac email account. Is the email address [email protected] r.ca or [email protected]? or does it even matter?

The alias is usually set up late August. [email protected] r.ca is the official email address. The @mcmaster.ca will be set up as an alias soon, and both should work from that point on

Originally Posted by sdiddy

The only problem for me is that when I send an email like that it says from: [email protected] on behalf of [email protected] .ca

I want to know how to only say from my mac email. I think it has something to do with setting it up through the option: "Send through muss.cis.mcmaster.ca SMTP servers (recommended for professional domains)." The only thing is that I don't know the server name nor do I know the port number, so I'm a little bit stuck. If anybody could provide some insight, it would be greatly appreciated. As well, does anyone know when my email will change from [email protected] er.ca to [email protected]?

That's never happened to me before. Whenever I send an e-mail through my gmail account choosing my McMaster e-mail as the sender, it sends it through my McMaster e-mail.

Originally Posted by DannyV

Not any more. If you check the GMail blog, they've fixed that and tell you how to get rid of it.

Do a search for "MUSS outlook" on McMaster's site and you'll get all the info you need.

Its true, Gmail has changed that recently, but, from what I understand, the SMTP servers are only externally accessible for grad students/faculty (ie. univmail). UTS site only lists support for that server. Could you clarify?

Originally Posted by jhan523

That's never happened to me before. Whenever I send an e-mail through my gmail account choosing my McMaster e-mail as the sender, it sends it through my McMaster e-mail.

It does. Both headers are sent to the recipient, but it depends on the program/site they use to read their emails on how it appears.

The official Gmail blog post and information is here:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.co m/2009...s-without.html

Originally Posted by webzn

Its true, Gmail has changed that recently, but, from what I understand, the SMTP servers are only externally accessible for grad students/faculty (ie. univmail). UTS site only lists support for that server. Could you clarify?

Yes, Univmail is for grads and faculty but MUSS is for us undergrads (and others). I'm using it right now in Gmail with no problem.

This may help:
http://www.mcmaster.ca/opr/html/mcma...ID%3A11# 1850

Originally Posted by DannyV

Yes, Univmail is for grads and faculty but MUSS is for us undergrads (and others). I'm using it right now in Gmail with no problem.

Thanks for the tip. Just tested it and works fine. I was under the impression that only univmail was set up for SMTP use. Thanks

Well, I forwarded my emails to my hotmail account so, if I get a message can I reply from my hotmail account? Will it show "sent on behalf of.."?

Originally Posted by mcinside

Well, I forwarded my emails to my hotmail account so, if I get a message can I reply from my hotmail account? Will it show "sent on behalf of.."?

Just forwarding your McMaster email to another email address (let's call it X) does not give you the ability to send messages using your McMaster email from X's interface.

You have to set up email sending too. I don't know if Hotmail supports that, but even if it does, I'd recommend using Gmail.

I seem to have run into a bit of a problem when it comes to forwarding my mail. I forward it successfully to my hotmail but I prefer to have a copy in my muss.mcmaster account (in case I need to reply and would prefer to have the previous e-mails content in it as well). I checked the "keep a copy" box so that I should be getting two of the same e-mail (one in muss.mcmaster and one in hotmail) but for some e-mails, there is only the one copy in my hotmail (despite it being sent to my muss.mcmaster account).

Anyone else having a similar problem?

Originally Posted by Duarch

I seem to have run into a bit of a problem when it comes to forwarding my mail. I forward it successfully to my hotmail but I prefer to have a copy in my muss.mcmaster account (in case I need to reply and would prefer to have the previous e-mails content in it as well). I checked the "keep a copy" box so that I should be getting two of the same e-mail (one in muss.mcmaster and one in hotmail) but for some e-mails, there is only the one copy in my hotmail (despite it being sent to my muss.mcmaster account).

Anyone else having a similar problem?

If you leave a copy on your MUSS server the server will get full relatively quickly. The best alternative is to use a local email client (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) or use Gmail which allows you to reply from your McMaster email address.

Originally Posted by DannyV

Just forwarding your McMaster email to another email address (let's call it X) does not give you the ability to send messages using your McMaster email from X's interface.

You have to set up email sending too. I don't know if Hotmail supports that, but even if it does, I'd recommend using Gmail.

If you have Microsoft Office, you can use Outlook and have email right on your desktop, which in my opinion is even better than Gmail. I use Outlook to manage 4 different accounts, and I can send from whichever one I want with a single click.

I'm not sure if it's still on, but Microsoft had a student special on a while ago where you could get Office Ultimate 2007 (retails for $400-ish I believe) for around $60. That's where I got my copy from.

So, I actually tried it out on my hotmail account and it does let me send emails through my Mac account, but the only thing is there's the "from [Mac account] sent on behalf of [hotmail account]" which I don't want appearing..I don't know how to fix that.. :S