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[15] WHERE IS MY EMAIL!!?? ITS IN WEBMAIL BUT NOT THE SHELL!
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It's OK, your email has probably been sorted by the email client or
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protocol you have used to read your email. First be sure that you
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are looking on the right group of machines. If you are using webmail
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on the SDF cluster, the URL you use is https://mx.sdf.org. If you are
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using webmail on the SDF MetaArray, the URL you use is https://ma.sdf.org.
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Some quick places to check for your email on those groups of machines
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at the shell would be:
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$HOME/mbox
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$HOME/mail/mbox
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$HOME/Mail/received
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Traditionally your email is received and stored in what is called a
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'spool file'. This file is defined by the $MAIL environment variable.
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'mail', 'mailx', 'mutt', 'elm' and such always read mail from that
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defined location unless told otherwise.
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However, programs such as 'pine' and 'alpine' insist on moving your
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email out of the spool and into your home directory. This is their
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default behaviour and can be confusing to new users. They use the
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'IMAP' or Internet Message Access Protocol. The webmail system also
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uses IMAP. It does have its advantages once you get over the shock
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of thinking you've lost your email. You haven't though, IMAP thinks
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it has improved things for you and maybe you'll feel that way someday.
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