Here are described some properties of the mailboxes hosted on mail.aegee.org
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The password expires every three months after its last change. It can be changed any time from mail.aegee.org/kpasswd/. There are no notifications announcing upcoming password expiration, except after changes of staff.
Incoming emails are filtered on arrival. The filter logic is defined by using the Sieve language. The Sieve scripts can be modified using the ManageSieve protocol on server mail.aegee.org. In the RoundCube webmailer the scripts are accessible from Settings → Filters.
DO NOT EDIT THE SCRIPTS, BEFORE CONSULTING WITH DILAYN!
There are two scripts. One is called default.siv and is executed during the SMTP dialog. Its purpose is to reject unwanted messages. The other is the “active” script. The latter can put the new email in the correct folder, mark it as read, send vacation/out-of-office messages, etc.
When the server evaluates an email with very high probability as Spam, the email is rejected (returned to the sender). To get better on spam handling the server needs to be trained. By moving an email to the Spam folder, the server learns the email as spam and similar emails in the future will also be evaluated as spam. This training affects all email addresses on the server, not only the user who moved the email. To revert the learing process, if the mail was moved by accident to the Spam folder, move the email from the Spam to the Not-Spam folder. Once the email stays there for a minute, it can be moved to any other folder. The results of the spam evaluation of each email are put in the X-AEGEE-Spam-Level header with plus-signs, e.g. X-AEGEE-Spam-Level: ++++. The more pluses, the higher the spam probability. The pluses are read by the Sieve scripts.
The server does not deliver emails to the Spam folder.
The software behind webmail.aegee.org is called RoundCube.
Roundcube does show currently under Contacts the AEGEE Bodies from my.aegee.eu/bodies twice. Once from the LDAP server ldap.aegee.org, once from the CardDAV server cal.aegee.org.
Messages marked as Spam within Roundcube are moved to the Spam folder. Messages from the Spam folder, marked as “Not Spam” are moved to the Not-Spam folder. These moves train the anti-spam software for the future on similar emails.
Roundcube shows a green/red lock, if the email reached the mailbox over a secured connection from the sending email provider. For emails delivered from mailing lists at lists.aegee.org the red lock colour does not imply anything.
CalDAV and CardDAV are protocols for managing events, tasks and contacts. Mail.aegee.org supports these protocols and offers integration of contacts between Roundcube and other applications.
The integration of the AEGEE Calendar of Events and Bodies in Thunderbird, Apple, Evolution without authentication is described at https://www.oms.aegee.org/wiki/index.php?title=Calendars#The_new_way and (contacts only) https://ldap.aegee.org/.
The personal CardDAV address book is integrated in RoundCube. There are three ways to add the personal CardDAV address book in Thunderbird 102:
Now contacts between Thunderbird and RoundCube will be synchronized.
Contact and events synchronization can be done also with other clients like Evolution or Apple. For the latter use as server https://webmail.aegee.org.
Created on 2022-12-29, last modified 2023-08-13.