e-mail in Technion servers
E-mail accounts of academic and administrative staff and graduate students, run on a main mail server tx.technion.ac.il. Academic and administrative staff may also run their account on the computer center's Exchange server. E-mail accounts of under-graduate students run on t2.technion.ac.il.
Mail from these accounts can be read with a variety of programs. In general, all mail programs are one of three main types:
- programs that run on the server itself, for example Pine.
- programs that are installed on the PC, like: Eudora, Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook, PC-Pine, Thunderbird
- Web interface programs like: http://webmail.technion.ac.il/
- Web access to Exchange server http://email.technion.ac.il/
Opening a mail account
For most users opening a mail account is part of opening an account on one of the Computer Center servers. This account serves as the email address of the user.
Undergraduate students will get an account on the students server t2, and staff members and graduate students may open on account on server tx. For more information on opening accounts please click here.
Changing password
For security reasons each user must change the account password every six month. This must be done on the server and also in the mail client. You may change password in one of the following ways:
- Entering the server and type the command: passwd
- Through the account management site http://cc-account.technion.ac.il
- By accessing Unix people at the Commuter Center (requires a valid ID).
Procedure for sending mail from out of office/overseas, for Techunix users
Techunix (TX) users can read and send mail from out of office/overseas, using webmail: http://webmail.technion.ac.il/.
Users who use other e-mail programs (Outlook, Thunderbirs, etc) need to configure and use the outgoing mail server of the Internet Service Provider (ISP), which is not always easy to know or find.
Following a new service introduced by CIS, this can be done now using your Techunix account, with the following parameters:
- Technion SMTP server: roger.technion.ac.il
- username and password as on TX
- Port: 587
- Encripted connection: TLS
This procedure will enable one to send messages from his-her laptop/smartphone/other mobile device, from anywhere, without having to worry about or change specific ISP definitions.The connection defined above is an encrypted one !
Detailed Instructions for some e-mail programs:
Microsoft Outlook 2007
Tools -> Account Settings -> Email -> Change
Incoming mail server: tx.technion.ac.il
Outgoing mail server: roger.technion.ac.il
More Settings -> Outgoing Server
(v) My outgoing server requires authentication
Log on using (Tx account and password)
User Name:
Password:
Advanced ->
Outgoing server (SMTP) - 587
Use the following type of encrypted connection -> TLS
OK -> Next -> Finish
Microsoft Outlook 2010
File -> Info -> Account Setting -> Account settings
Incoming mail server: tx.technion.ac.il
Outgoing mail server: roger.technion.ac.il
More Settings -> Outgoing Server
(v) My outgoing server requires authentication
Log on using (tx account and password)
User Name:
Password:
Advanced ->
Outgoing server (SMTP) - 587
Use the following type of encrypted connection -> TLS
OK -> Next -> Finish
Thunderbird
Tools -> Account Settings ->
Outgoing Server -> Add ->
Server Name: roger.technion.ac.il
Port: 587
Connection security: STARTLS
Authentication methos: Normal Password
user Name:
OK -> Set Default -> OK
Windows Mail
Home -> Options -> Email Accounts -> Properties
Servers -> Outgoing mail server: roger.technion.ac.il
(v) My server requires authentication -> Settings
Log on using:
Account name:
Password:
(v) Remember password
Advanced -> SMTP
Change the port number 25 -> 587
(v) This server requires a secure connection (SSL)
OK -> Close
Eudora
Tools -> Options -> Sending Mail ->
SMTP server: roger.technion.ac.il
(v) Allow authentication
(v) Use submission port (587)
Secure Socket when sending -> Required, STARTLS -> OK
OutlookExpress
Tools -> Accounts -> Mail -> Properties -> Servers
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): roger.technion.ac.il
Outgoing mail server (on the bottom of page) click (v):
My server requires authentication
Click on: Settings -> Logon Using
Username and Password as on TX
Advanced -> Outgoing mail (SMTP): 587
Click (v) on: This server requires a secure connection (SSL)
OK -> Close
Incoming/outgoing mail servers for Internet common providers
When setting up a new mail client or a new account one should set up the incoming mail client as tx.technion.ac.il or t2.technion.ac.il.
The outgoing mail server is your Internet provider's address:
| Internet Provider | Outgoing mail server |
| Actcom | mail.actcom.co.il |
| Bezeq International | out.bezeqint.net |
| Barak (013) | mail.013.net.il |
| Internet Zahav | sout.zahav.net.il |
| Netvision | mailgw.netvision.net.il |
| Technion as Internet provider | tx.technion.ac.il or t2.technion.ac.il |
* You may also open an account on the Computer Center's Exchange server.