Many departments choose to administer their e-mail at the department
level using their own e-mail server. If you choose this approach, it
is important to clearly understand that you have assumed specific
responsibilities in the e-mail delivery chain. What should you know in order to set up a department e-mail server?
Important: every department should designate an official "network
contact" person. For further information, click
here.
select a 6 to 8 letter "alias" (nickname) and register
it in the on-line UAB Electronic Phonebook. You might consider using the same "alias"
for their department account name.
set their "host based e-mail system" to the fully
qualified domain name of your department's e-mail server
use user@uab.edu as their permanent e-mail address, rather than
a longer address including the name of your department's mail server.
Here are some benefits to you and your users
when they register in the UAB Electronic Phonebook:
They will have a "short" e-mail address "user@uab.edu"
People inside and outside of UAB will be able to look up their e-mail
address. Click here
to look someone up.
The details of which particular machine happens to be delivering e-mail
can be separated from the user's e-mail address. By setting the field "host-based
e-mail system" to the current departmental e-mail server, the
user's user@uab.edu e-mail address will remain unchanged, even when
the delivery details change.
