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   Accessing the Mount Holyoke College Network and Hosts from off campus
           Michael A. Crowley,          November 1997, Revised June 2009
	                                        Introduction August 2012
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August 2012 Introduction:
  The campus email system is being moved from local servers to Google 
  servers.  Consequently, much of the information about email access below
  is obsolete.  Information about sftp and file access is still valid.

  In 2012 we also introduced a new VPN service for current faculty and staff.
  To use this, go to:   http://vpn.mtholyoke.edu
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Access to your email and filespaces from the Internet may be
done in several ways.

  1.  Email access
      *  using IMAP using desktop email clients such as Thunderbird
      *  using the web using Horde's IMP at: 
         http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/email    or
         http://webmail.mtholyoke.edu
      *  using direct shell login with ssh and the use of the pine email client

  2.  File transfers
      *  sftp 
      *  scp

The details for setting these up are provided below.
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Email access using IMAP
  Desktop email clients, such as Mozilla's Thunderbird, have basic IMAP
  setup similarities.  Thunderbird may be obtained at
     http://www.mozilla.com/
  The settings for an account should include:
     *  IMAP mail server:   
        +  The server name is:  mail.mtholyoke.edu
        +  Use SSL for a secure connection.  
	   This uses port 993 instead of 143.
        +  For an IMAP server directory, specify:  mail
     *  Outgoing SMTP server
        +  The server name is:  smtp.mtholyoke.edu
	+  If you are connecting from on-campus, that is all you need
	   to do, but if you are connecting from off-campus, you have 
	   two choices (the second is preferred):
	   1.  Set the SMTP server to one provided by your ISP.
	   2.  To use smtp.mtholyoke.edu from off campus, you must
	       *  Provide your username for the smtp connection
	       *  Set the secure connection to:  TLS
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Email access using Horde's IMP webmail
  This only requires going to the web site at:
       http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/email
  or:  http://webmail.mtholyoke.edu
  These will both change to a secure connection (https).
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Email access using direct shell login with ssh
  Many MHC computer accounts are permitted direct shell logins.
  For Windows, we would recommend obtaining putty as an ssh client at
     http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
       Connect to mhc.mtholyoke.edu
     Alternatively, you may also run the MHC installer for putty found at
       ftp://mhc.mtholyoke.edu/putty
  For a Macintosh running OSX, using the terminal program at the
     Macintosh terminal prompt, enter:  ssh your_username@mhc.mtholyoke.edu
  Using these ssh clients is like using telnet, but the connection is
  secure.  Simply log into mhc.mtholyoke.edu and use "pine" for fast 
  and basic email.
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File transfers using sftp
  With an sftp client, connect to:  mhc.mtholyoke.edu
  For Windows computers, we recommend WinSCP found at:
     http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

  Locating your various filespaces using an sftp client involves
  going to certain disk locations.  WinSCP has a facility for storing
  previous locations so that you can easily find them.  Here are
  some standard locations you might be interested in:
    HOME         Your HOME directory is the disk space where you log in.
                 Do not change the files beginning with a dot.
                 Your HOME directory contains a "mail" directory where saved
	         email is kept.
    classwork    Current students have a classwork area.  It may be accessed
                 from the HOME directory by simply going into the classwork
		 directory.
    Personal web The personal webspace is in:   
                    /world/yourusername
    classweb     Current students have space for current web assignments.
                 This may be reached at:   
                    /world/yourusername/classweb
    College web  The College webspace is at:
                    /web
                 Common subdirectories in the College webspace are:
                    /web/acad         Academic departments
		    /web/offices      Administrative offices
		    /web/org          Student organizations
    Webcourses   Webspace is provided to faculty at:
                    /web/courses
    Courses      Disk space for course materials that are not served
                 by the web are provided to faculty at:
		    /campus/courses
    Workgroups   The most commonly accessed workgroup area is also known
                 by the Windows drive mapping:   \\ambr\depts
                 Using an sftp client, you would go to:
		    /workgroups/depts
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Other information:
    http://www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/network/doc/accountspace.txt
    http://www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/network/doc/filespace.txt
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