‘Webmail’ Category

New Webmail FAQ

Here are a few common questions we’ve received about the new version of webmail and their solutions. I am unable to login: Please clear your cookies and restart your browser. I liked the way the old webmail worked better. Can I still use the old webmail? You can make the new webmail work like the […]

Webmail Beta

Since this is my first post I should probably introduce myself.  I’m a 2003 Gustavus graduate, I operated a computer consulting business in the area before joining the GTS team in December.   I enjoy mountain biking and all things technology.  Hopefully I’ll assist with updating this blog a little more regularly and will try […]

New Webmail FAQ

Here are a few common questions we’ve received about the new version of webmail and their solutions. I liked the way the old webmail worked better. Can I still use the old webmail? You can make the new webmail work like the old webmail by: 1. Going to https://webmail.gac.edu and loging in 2. go to […]

New Webmail

On Wednesday January 18th we will be officially launching a new version of Gustauvs Webmail. For many years, we have been using a webmail product named Horde. This is just an upgrade to the newest version. The new version includes many improvements and security updates. The biggest improvement in the new version is that the […]

New Webmail Beta!

Almost all Gustavus students seem to use webmail as their primary e-mail client. We have, therefore, made finding a new better webmail client a very high priority. Our goal was to find a webmail program which was easier and more efficient to use — something we could envision using as our only e-mail client. We […]

Webmail Issues Tonight

A little before 11:00pm tonight, one of our webmail systems started to have a problem. The other webmail server unfortunately was unable to handle the load all by its self and started to die as well. At around 11:30pm both webmail servers were back up and operational again.

Gustavus WebMail Beta

There is a new version of Gustavus WebMail that is now available for testing.  If you use WebMail frequently, please give the new version a try at https://webmail-beta.gac.edu/horde/ If you have any feedback about this new version of WebMail, please send it to webmaster@gustavus.edu. As with many beta’s, access to this service may disappear at […]

Horde, IMP, and imapproxy

So it turns out that the cache in imapproxy that we turned on yesterday has a problem. First of all, it seemed to work great. I think webmail was more responsive and there was a reduced load on our mail disks. However not all was well. It seems like some times when you deleted a […]

Webmail and IMAP proxy server

One of the 2 webmail servers imap proxy services stoped working around noon whatever day that was. I started the service again and now webmail should be back to normal. During that time, 50% of webmail users were not able to log in.

SpamAssassin and Horde’s IMP

Unfortunately due to the way that Horde’s IMP webmail system inserts the IP address that was used to connect to the it in the email headers it sends, SpamAssassin thinks those messages are coming from dynamic ip addresses. To help work around this issue, I modified our SpamAssassin rules such that any email sent via […]