Electronic Mail (e-mail)

Sending information via e-mail is a fast and easy way to send messages across campus or around the world. CNS’s central servers provide e-mail service for all UF faculty, students, and staff, as part of the UF GatorLink system. Those users whose needs exceed the limits allowed for GatorLink accounts (http://help.gatorlink.ufl.edu/acctinfo.html)can use CNS’s NERSP e-mail server; however, unlike GatorLink (which is free to the user), NERSP services are charged to the userid.

CNS’s e-mail servers can communicate with a wide variety of e-mail programs for both GatorLink and NERSP. CNS runs both IMAP and POP servers, allowing customers to use remote e-mail clients such as Eudora, Netscape, Outlook Express, PC-Pine, or Mail Drop. For more information, please see http://www.cns.ufl.edu/dialup or CNS Document D0108, E-mail Choices at CNS and UF, available at http://docweb.cns.ufl.edu.

The Pine e-mail program is available on NERSP for users who need or prefer to use that system. Pine provides menu-driven facilities for e-mail, file transfers via e-mail attachments, and managing mail folders. For more information, enter man pine on NERSP or see CNS’S UNIX 101: An Introduction to NERSP (D0107) handout available online at http://docweb.cns.ufl.edu.

Suppose your CNS userid is albert. People can send mail to you at your CNS e-mail address on NERSP.

NERSP address:<albert@cns.ufl.edu>

If your GatorLink userid were also "albert," then your GatorLink e-mail address would be:

GatorLink address: <albert@ufl.edu>

Note: Your NERSP userid may not necessarily match your GatorLink ID.

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