The department provides backup service for all important department
services and servers. This includes department email, web, and database servers.
Backup service for research servers and office and lab workstations is
provided by the IT support group on a per request basis.
The campus wireless network is available in Harold Frank Hall and
the Engineering Sciences Building as well as several other locations on
campus.
Login Process
You may login using your UCSBnetID. Users with a UMail accounts
can use their existing account name (excluding the @umail.ucsb.edu part) and
password. If your UMail account does not work, please change your
UMail password and try again.
Visitors can acquire a UCSBnetID by visiting the Account
Management page.
To login to the wireless network, follow these steps:
- Join the essid "UCSB Wireless Web" network.
- Open your web browser, and visit any page. The network will
redirect you to a login page for authentication.
- Enter your UCSBNetID login and password.
- You will now be able to browse the internet.
Conditions of Use
The campus wireless network is for
authorized users only.
Use of university resources
must be in accordance with University policies and applicable
law. Sharing of login names is prohibited. Users are solely
responsible for any activity that occurs as a result of their
login. Access to port 25 (SMTP) is blocked due to spam issues,
please use web-based email or submission-based (port 587) for email
delivery instead of port 25.
Additional information
If you've forgotten your UCSBNetID login information, you can visit the
Account
Management page to
recover or reset your password.
You are eligible for an account if you are staff or faculty, a
researcher, or
a graduate student.
Undergraduates are not eligible for accounts on the ECE mail server.
However,
undergraduates can
get accounts on the ECI mail server. This can be done by bringing a
picture
ID to Engineering I,
Room 3110 and filling out an account request form.
You may apply for an account here.
Your account will last as long as you are currently employed or
enrolled at
UCSB.
Our mail system allows email messages to be a maximum of 10MB for
both sending and receiving. Encoding the message for email adds
to the size of the message. The largest attachment you can send
or receive will be somewhat smaller.
If you must send a large file to someone, it is usually more
efficient to use your Web space to make the file available to them and
send them a link to download it
instead. When using this method to transfer files, keep in mind that
they would be publicly available and anyone on the Internet could
potentially download it.
One other thing to keep in mind when
sending large attachments via email is to make sure that the person you
are sending it to can accept it. Many ISP's and email providers have a
much smaller maximum message size, usually around 2MB to 5MB.
You can find instructions here for Eudora,
Outlook,
and Thunderbird. Settings for other e-mail client software will be
similar.
How Do I Subscribe to IMAP Folders in
Thunderbird?
Open Thunderbird, select File -->
Subscribe.
Click on the dot which then becomes a check mark. Click on the
Subscribe
button. Click OK.
How
Do I Subscribe to IMAP Folders in
Entourage?
Open Entourage and select your account in
the
left margin to view its available IMAP folders. On the toolbar, click
on the
Update List button. From the View
menu,
make sure there is no check mark next to Subscribed Only.
If
there is, click on it once to uncheck it. Your full list of folders
should be
displayed.
How
Do
I Subscribe to IMAP Folders in Eudora for Mac OS X?
From Eudora’s Window menu, select
Mailboxes. Click the right-pointing triangle to the
left of
Dominant (or another account if you have more than
one) to
reveal the available IMAP folders. Now, click on thefar right
icon at the bottom of the mailbox list and select, Refresh
Mailbox List from the menu. The updated list of IMAP folders
should
now be displayed.
How
Do I Subscribe to IMAP Folders in Eudora for
Windows?
First, make sure that Eudora is showing
you
your IMAP mailbox list by going toTools > Mailboxes.
A
list of mailboxes should appear in the left margin of the Eudora
window. Now,
right click on the heading of Dominant (or any other
IMAP
account heading) and select Refresh Mailbox List from
the
contextual menu. The mailbox list will be updated to show any
additional
folders that were created outside of the Eudora email program.
How
Do I Subscribe to IMAP Folders in Mac OS X Mail Client?
Go to Mail >
Preferences and select Accounts.
Highlight
your email account and click the Advanced tab. Place
a check
next to the option to Automatically synchronize changed
mailboxes. Close the Preferences and save the changes when
prompted.
Now, quit Mail and relaunch it. If your mailbox list is not showing, go
to
the View menu and select Show Mailboxes and click on the right-pointing
triangle to the left of your account heading to reveal your IMAP
folders.
How
Do I Subscribe to IMAP Folders in Netscape
7.x?
Open the File menu and
choose
Subscribe. You see the Subscribe dialog box. If
necessary,
click the Account drop-down list to choose your ECE
IMAP
email account. Select the folder that you want to subscribe to. Click
the
Subscribe button. You see a checkmark next to each
folder to
which you subscribe. Click OK. The list of your
subscribed
folders appears in the Mail window.
How
Do I Subscribe to IMAP Folders in Outlook?
With Outlook open, click Tools
then IMAP Folders. Click the Query
button.
Select the folder you would like to subscribe to and click the
subscribe button. Click OK. The list
of
your subscribed folders appears in the Mail window
How
Do I Subscribe to IMAP Folders in Outlook Express?
With Outlook Express open, click
Tools then IMAP Folders. Select the
folder
you would like to subscribe to and click the show
button.
Click OK. The list of your subscribed folders appears
in the
Mail window
How do I create
IMAP
subfolders in Thunderbird?
Subfolders (nested folders) allow you to organize your mailboxes in
multiple levels of folders. This can be helpful in sorting and managing
large
numbers of mailboxes.
When you use the New Folder command in Thunderbird, by default it
creates an
actual mailbox within your IMAP folder or your Local Folders. You
cannot add
a subfolder to a mailbox.
To nest folders within your IMAP directory on the server, right-click
on the
IMAP account name (username@ece.ucsb.edu) and select New Folder. To
create a
master (top-level) folder, enter the name of the new folder followed
immediately by a forward slash (/) and create it as a subfolder of
username@ece.ucsb.edu. The new mail folder's name will appear in
italics.
You can then create mailboxes or additional folders within this new
folder by
right clicking on the folder and following the procedure above.
For example: if you wanted to create a master folder called Projects
and then
a subfolder (mailbox) called Signal Processing beneath it, you would:
* First, create a New Folder in username@ece.ucsb.edu called Projects/
* Next, right-click on the new Projects folder in username@ece.ucsb.edu
and
select New Subfolder. Enter Signal Processing.
Note: You can create a folder that can contains subfolders or messages
but
not both.
How do I
delete an
IMAP mail folder in Thunderbird?
When you try to delete an IMAP mail folder in Thunderbird you may
receive
an error message similar to this: "The current command did not succeed.
The
mail server responded: Can't create mailbox node /home/user/Trash/:
File
Exists."
To correct this, do the following:
From the File menu choose Subscribe.
In the Subscribe window, find the Trash folder and unsubscribe.
You should now be able to delete the mail folder. Deleted mail will
still be
transferred to the Trash until it is emptied.
If this solution does not work, try the following:
From the Tools menu choose Account Settings.
In the Account Settings window select Server settings.
Find the setting "When I delete a message:" and change it to "Remove it
immediately".
You should now be able to delete the mail folder, however, be aware
that any
mail that you delete will be erased immediately and will not be
recoverable
from the Trash folder. If this is not desired, you should change the
"When I
delete a message" setting back to "Move it to the Trash folder" when
you are
through deleting the mail folder.
Please view this
knowledgebase article for more information on compacting folders in
Thunderbird. Please note that until you compact your folders, messages
marked for deletion are not actually deleted, and your mailbox can grow
quite large.
Use the following steps to import locally stored Eudora mailboxes into
Thunderbird, Apple Mail, or Outlook:
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Thunderbird:
Select Tools/Import
Select "Mail"
Select "Eudora"
(On Mac OS, Browse to the Eudora mail folder that you want to import,
usually located in your home directory/Documents/Eudora Folder/Mail
Folder.)
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Apple Mail:
Select File/Import Mailboxes...
Select "Eudora"
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Outlook:
See this article:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011391911033.aspx
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You may access your e-mail from the web by going to https://mail.ece.ucsb.edu/swuirrelmail
Open a Web browser and type in the address https://mail.ece.ucsb.edu:20000/changepass/. Login
using
your current login name and password.
You can now change your password. Don't forget to "Log Out" when
you're
finished.
Login to ECE department Web mail https://mail.ece.ucsb.edu/squirrelmail
Click on Options
Click on Vacation Message
Check the box "Send auto reply to sender?"
Fill in Vacation subject
Fill in Vacation message
Click the Submit button
Login to ECE department Web mail https://mail.ece.ucsb.edu/squirrelmail
Click on Options
Click on Vacation Message
Uncheck the box "Send auto reply to sender?"
Click the Submit button
Login to ECE department Web mail https://mail.ece.ucsb.edu/squirrelmail
Click on Options
Click on Vacation Message
Check the box "Forward incoming messages to addresses listed below?"
Check the box "No local delivery; forward and/or auto-reply only."
Fill in Forwarding email addresses
Open a Web browser and type in the address https://mail.ece.ucsb.edu:20000/spam/.
Login using your email login name and password.
Change desired settings.
Don't forget to "Log Out" when you're finished.
You can e-mail computer support at this address:
support@ece.ucsb.edu
Note! Because of excessive Spam, the help address only accepts email
from
.ucsb.edu addresses.
Go to http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/its/netconnect.html
First fill out the ECE Web Page Account form located at
http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/its/aup.php
login into the web server via ssh.
Then type "mkdir public_html"
Then type "chmod 755 public_html"
Then place any files you wish viewable to the net inside that directory.
You must have an index.html or default.html in order to view the
contents of your home directory.
Send an e-mail to
support@ece.ucsb.edu
requesting that the
lost file or directory be recovered. We will need the following
information:
Name of file or directory
Date the file or directory was deleted
WinSCP is a
freeware SCP
(Secure CoPy) client for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/ME using SSH (Secure
SHell).
Its main function is secure file copying between a local and a remote
computer.
Putty
for windows, is available for those who prefer command line.
Cyberduck for OS X is an open source
FTP
and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser licenced under the GPL
with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and
support
for many Mac OS X system
technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, the Keychain and AppleScript.
MacSFTP is for Mac OS 8.1 or
higher,
including OS X,
This program is shareware and gives you a 15 day period to try it out.
In
order to keep using it a small fee is required.
An education discount is available using the matrix below (note: price
changes may occur)
Here's the edu price matrix:
$100 for the 10 first users
$5/user up to 100 (after the 10 first)
Transmit 2 for
Mac OS
9 and Mac OS X. Shareware, $24.95. Includes SFTP support.
Gideon for Mac OS X v10.2
or
higher for the current release v1.3.
A small fee may be required for this share software. The unregistered
version
will run indefinitely.
We prefer that you use a secure file transfer client instead of ftp.
For Unix-based (Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X) operating systems simply
enter
"sftp hostname.domain.name" at the terminal.
From Macromedia's website - Macromedia Dreamweaver's FTP client
The Dreamweaver FTP client transfers files using the FTP protocol.
Although Dreamweaver does not provide options for secure encryption,
third-party software can be used to provide additional security.
A list of software supported can be found here.
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