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Getting Connected Academic Campus Wired Academic Campus Wireless Resnet Wired Resnet Wireless VPN Dial-Up Modem Guest Access Network Facts Wireless Coverage Usage Policies Network Statistics Internet Bandwidth (CSM IP Only) Modem Usage (CSM IP Only) FRGP Weathermap (External) Security & Software CERT Security Alerts (External) AntiVirus Sygate Personal Firewall VPN Client Forms Dynamic IP Registration Static IP Registration Port Activation Port Re-activation Data Cabling Guest Access Troubleshooting Contact Us Sending email using vpn.mines.edu In May of 2005, Academic Computing and Networking implemented a new way of sending email from off campus. You are now able to send email directly from Outlook, Netscape, Mozilla, or Thunderbird without connecting to the VPN using the VPN client. Should I use it? The VPN does not solve all problems, nor is it the best solution for some problems. Email is insecure in many ways and the VPN will only solve a few of those insecurities. Usually your ISP's mail server is just as good if not better than using the VPN.Email sent to addresses outside of the campus (mines.edu or is.mines.edu) will always be insecure. They travel unencrypted through the Internet and using the VPN will not stop that from happening. Conversely, using the VPN to send email on campus may be more secure, but that then depends on how the email is accessed by the person who received the message.If security is an important issue for a set of correspondence, email may not be the best method of doing that correspondence, but, it can be quite secure. If the message is sent using the VPN, and the person who receives the email uses POP3S (the secure version of POP3) or IMAP4S (the secure version of IMAP4), the message is probably save from prying eyes.Another reason to use the VPN would be if your ISP did not offer mail services that work with Outlook or Thunderbird. An example of this would be Juno. There is no way to use a mail server of theirs without using their client or without using webmail. At this point, if you wanted to use Outlook or Thunderbird, the VPN would be a good option for sending mail from home. Should I not use it? If you don't fall into any of the above categories, it may be advisable to not use the VPN. As we all know, the campus email server is quite bogged down with mail (to no fault of ours or yours, it is mostly SPAM). Sending every message through that server only adds to the load. By using your ISP's mail server, you alleviate some of the load on our email server. This makes getting mail a much more pleasant experience for everyone. We are trying to keep up with email demand, but it has kept ahead of us in the very recent past. So, how do I use it now that I know I will benefit? In general, you need to use these settings: SMTP Server: vpn.mines.edu Port: 988 Use SSL And then authenticate with your AC&N username and password. To configure your email client, click on one of the following sets of directions: Outlook Express Microsoft Outlook Thunderbird, Mozilla Mail, and Netscape 7 Netscape 4.x

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