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title: Email Account Guide
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**IMPORTANT: PLEASE CHOOSE A STRONG PASSWORD FOR YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT**
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[](https://linux.ucla.edu/mediawiki/index.php/File:Image.png)
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Some hacking attempts on our email server
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**WE GET SEVERAL BRUTE FORCE ATTEMPTS EVERY DAY. IF THE HACKERS GET IN TO YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT THEY WILL SEND SPAM AND THE CS DEPARTMENT WILL GET MAD AT US.** **Please use a secure password, otherwise we might have to restrict access to only people on the UCLA VPN.**
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## Logging in
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I am using the following settings with Thunderbird to get in. I haven't tried it with another email client but you are welcome to.
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SMTP:
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Server Name: mail.linux.ucla.edu
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Port: 587
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[](https://linux.ucla.edu/mediawiki/index.php/File:Hackerman.png)
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Look at all the hackers getting banned for too many failed login attempts!
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Authentication method: Normal password
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Connection security: STARTTLS
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IMAP:
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Server Name: mail.linux.ucla.edu
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Port: 993
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Authentication method: Normal Password
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Connection security: SSL/TLS
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## Changing your password
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To change the password, please ssh into your web server and ssh to [your username]@10.0.0.10. Then use passwd to change your password.
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(Yes we know, this is a pretty crappy and inelegant solution, but it's good enough for now)
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