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On Monday, in article <1344232029snz@nospam.demon.co.uk>
     pete@nospam.demon.co.uk wrote:

> In article <20120805.1159.930228snz@twoplaces.co.uk>
>            simon@twoplaces.co.uk "Simon Turner" writes:
> 
> > Changing mailboxes is actually fairly straightforward, it's just that
> > the Email Management Portal Guide is a load of cobblers.  I may knock up
> > a more helpful set of instructions if I can find the time; in the
> > meantime, if you do want to rename things away from the single default
> > "administrator" account (which is, I presume, what you're using at the
> > moment), let me know.
> 
> I too would appreciate a few notes on setting up mailboxes in the EMP 
> if you can find any tuits.

I'll try to knock something up in the next few days; I suspect it will
take me less time to write my own user guide than to document all the
errors in the official one!  (I may even try to use some up-to-date
screenshots to illustrate things. 8-)

> I'd like to look at the portal myself but 
> don't think I have access until the migration email finally arrives; 
> somewhat annoying as I'd like to prepare as much as possible ahead of 
> M-Day.

Open offer to non-migrated dispc denizens:

If you want to see (some of) what the Portal is like, as well as have
the opportunity to receive mail via the new system so you can check
connectivity etc., I'd be happy to create a (non-admin) user account at
ashes.dcu for any dispc denizen that would like one.

You would get your own user account with a primary e-mail address and
unique password (which are used to log in to both the POP3 server and
the EMP); without admin privileges all you can do when logged in to the
EMP is edit your own account settings (change your full name; add and/or
delete additional non-primary addresses; change which address is the
primary one; change your password; change your security questions),
which isn't all that exciting, but (a) you would get a flavour of how
the Portal works, (b) you could test whether your browser works with the
Portal, and (c) you could experiment with sending mail to your ashes.dcu
address(es) and retrieving it via POP3 to see how it deals with
(non-catch-all) mail.

If you'd like an account, send me an e-mail and I'll create one, getting
the system to send you a confirmation message that will include your
password.  Changes take about 70 minutes to take effect, so leave it a
couple of hours before playing with it.  (The system won't let you add
an address that's already in use, so you needn't worry about treading on
any toes.)

-- 
Simon Turner                                    DoD #0461
simon@twoplaces.co.uk
    Trust me -- I know what I'm doing!          -- Sledge Hammer