[Year 12 IPM] OT - Edumail Exasperation

[sav]

On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 01:20:14PM +0000 or thereabouts, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

Nice ... The commercial version of Eudora was probably the best of the
bunch. No bells and whistles but very poweful.

LS

> Hi all,
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
> Cheers people
> Stephen Loosley
> 
> At 10:45 PM 14/11/2006, Laurie Savage wrote:
> 
> I keep playing with Outlook and then find it won't do something or other
> I've always taken for granted in a mail client. I tend to use
> Thunderbird on my WinXP machine but on Linux I use
> Mutt/Fetchmail/Procmail/Sendmail! Just call me old fashioned but I love
> text based apps (speed+) :)
> 
> The Thunderbird features I find most useful are the filtering tools
> combined with labelling. Maybe you can do that with Outlook but I never
> found it very configurable - as for importing mail from Outlook Express
> into Outlook - I needed to use Eudora's import/export tools!
> 
> Evolution is too Outlook-like for me but I do like its virtual folders
> which have been picked up in Thunderbird as saved dynamic searches.
> 
> To return to the original thread - our mail configuration doesn't delete
> ALL the records from pop3.edumail so I have needed to visit EDumail's web
> interface to do an annual cleanout.
> 
> Laurie
> 
> On 2006-11-14 or thereabouts, Alexakos, Zach Z 
> <alexakos.zach.z at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> 
> > I'm surprised Thunderbird hasn't been mentioned.  It has very effective
> > spam filters, not that you need it with edumail, and the security,
> > backup, interface and reliability hits many other programs for six.  
> >
> > Eudora is quite a good alternative as well.  
> >
> > Zach Alexakos
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> > On Behalf Of Jim Bunn
> > Sent: Tuesday, 14 November 2006 9:46 PM
> > To: 'Year 12 Information Technology Processing and
> > ManagementTeachers'Mailing List'
> > Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] OT - Edumail Exasperation
> >
> > Cameron,
> >
> > I set up an email account on my laptop using Microsoft Outlook. I used
> > the
> > POP3 (port 110) incoming, and SMTP (port 25) outgoing mail servers. When
> > setting up the email account I put in my edumail username and password
> > in
> > the login details section, and ticked the remember password check box.
> > The
> > email address is my edumail email address. I called the account 'School'
> > for
> > obvious reasons. It works like a charm. All I do is open Outlook every
> > morning. As per most people I don't like Microsoft very much, but I do
> > think
> > Outlook is a quality mail program.
> >
> > Hope this explains it,
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim Bunn
> > CCNA CCAI ITE1
> > Technology Coordinator
> > Hampton Park Secondary College
> > Victoria  Australia
> > 8795 9400
> >
> > bunn.jim.c at edumail.vic.gov.au 
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> > On
> > Behalf Of Cameron Bell
> > Sent: Tuesday, 14 November 2006 9:24 PM
> > To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> > Teachers'Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] OT - Edumail Exasperation
> >
> > Can you run this by me again?
> > Outlook is just a client, not a mail service. Outlook accesses edumail.
> > Cameron
> >
> > Jim Bunn wrote:
> >>
> >> I've used Outlook for over a year now and have all my other mail 
> >> directed through Outlook. It is excellent. I never get any spam and 
> >> NEVER go to edumail.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> Jim Bunn
> >> CCNA CCAI ITE1
> >> Technology Coordinator
> >> Hampton Park Secondary College
> >> Victoria  Australia
> >>
> >> 8795 9400
> >>
> >> bunn.jim.c at edumail.vic.gov.au <mailto:bunn.jim.c at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> >>
> >>
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> *From:* ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> >> [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Meadows, Roslyn M
> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 November 2006 8:29 PM
> >> *To:* Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management 
> >> Teachers'Mailing List
> >> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IPM] OT - Edumail Exasperation
> >>
> >>  
> >> Hi Peter,
> >>
> >> Thanks for your advice. I had tried pop and pop2 but not pop3!!!! I 
> >> have now got my edumail into yahoo, which is great and means I don't 
> >> have to deal with edumail getting full and therefore not receiving 
> >> emails, but yahoo only gives 200MB.
> >>
> >>
> >> I have several contacts who use incredimail, but can you access it 
> >> from the web? For example - when I am at home or school etc? I have to
> >
> >> keep my main email on my desktop at home (it's the business computer),
> >
> >> have a laptop for school, which is set up to use outlook for school 
> >> mail (Lauriston mail until 12/12/06), and edumail. I also have a 
> >> gmail, and apparently one of the most requested features for gmail 
> >> (apart from 'save draft') is to be able to collect other pop mail. 
> >> When that happens my life will be complete!!! :))
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> Thanks once again, and may the sun shine on you !!
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> Ros Meadows
> >>
> >> Lauriston Girls School
> >>
> >> meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au <mailto:meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au>
> >>
> >> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au 
> >> <mailto:meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, 
> >> including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
> >> **Doug Larson**
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> *From:* ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Peter and Di
> >> *Sent:* Tue 11/14/2006 6:28 PM
> >> *To:* Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management 
> >> Teachers'Mailing List
> >> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IPM] OT - Edumail Exasperation
> >>
> >> Hi Ros,
> >>
> >> I use "Incredimail" and "pull" all my mail account into the one place,
> >> including Edumail and Hotmail.
> >>
> >> The setup for Edumail is; Incoming mail     pop3.edumail.vic.gov.au  
> >> (you were close) port 110
> >>
> >>                                             Outgoing 
> >> mail    smtp.edumail.vic.gov.au port 25 which I think are the
> > defaults.
> >>
> >>  
> >> As an aside, I can reply to //any// of my emails from //any// of my 
> >> emails simply by selecting "From" on a toolbar.
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps
> >>
> >> Peter Thomson
> >>
> >> recently retired (that's for Robert Hind)
> >>
> >> Cheltenham Secondary College
> >>
> >> /-------Original Message-------/
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> */From:/* Meadows, Roslyn M
> ><mailto:Meadows.Roslyn.M at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> >>
> >> */Date:/* 11/14/06 14:32:33
> >>
> >> */To:/* IPM List <mailto:ipm at edulists.com.au>
> >>
> >> */Subject:/* [Year 12 IPM] OT - Edumail Exasperation
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> Hi everyone
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> I would like to become divorced from Edumail, and go for custody of 
> >> our 675 children (ie my inbox in edumail)
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >>     * Roland has the great idea of using gmail, and I used to use
> >>       Yahoo mail and import my edumail into it, but I have some
> >>       questions relating to the whole process.
> >>
> >>     * The old version of yahoo still supports (I think) migrating my
> >>       edumail into it - but whereas it used to work it no longer does
> >>       - does anyone know the pop address to use (I thought it was
> >>       pop.edumail.vic.gov.au)
> >>
> >>     * How can I do this in gmail? Does anyone know how to import other
> >>       pop mail into gmail - if in fact it can be done? I would like to
> >>       avoid using too many email addresses for education related
> >>       stuff. gmail will hold 2 gig of mail whereas yahoo holds 200 mb,
> >>       so obviously gmail would be preferable. I also need to be able
> >>       to get onto my edumail wherever I am (ie via the web)
> >>
> >>     * What is the size limit of edumail folders and how can I find out
> >>       how much space I have left? You used to be able to do this until
> >>       edumail went to a MS Exchange server.
> >>
> >>     * If I am near my capacity in edumail do I get a warning email, or
> >>       does it just stop delivering email to your inbox?
> >>
> >> Any help would be much appreciated - thanks
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> Ros Meadows (being psychologically abused by edumail)
> >>
> >> Lauriston Girls School
> >>
> >> meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au <mailto:meadowsro at lauriston.vic.edu.au>
> >>
> >> meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au 
> >> <mailto:meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >> Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, 
> >> including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
> >> **Doug Larson**
> >>
> 
> 
> -- 
> Laurie Savage
> Assessment/Reporting/Tracking/Moodle
> Pascoe Vale Girls College, Pascoe Vale, VIC. 
> +613 9306 2544 / http://www.jlsavage.net
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Pascoe Vale Girls College, Pascoe Vale, VIC. 
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