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===== E-mail =====

==== Auto Reply from email ====
→ Go to **[[https://www.1984.is/signin|1984.is]]**, click **LOGIN** and choose **Control Panel**.\\
→ Click **GOto ControlPanel**.\\
→ Click **Mail** at the top of the page.\\
→ Find the email you want to activate autoreply for.\\
→ Click **Enable** where it says **Auto responder**.\\
→ Fill in your message in the text window and click **Activate**.\\
→ Where it previously said **Enable** it now reads **Disable** which you can click to de-activate the autoreply, or to **Edit** your message.
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==== Create a new email address ====

→ Go to [[https://1984.is|1984.is]]\\ 
→ Click **Login**\\ 
→ Select **Control Panel**\\
→ Click á **Goto Control Panel**\\
→ Select á **Mail**\\
→  Click á **Add email account**\\
→  Fill in **Username** the part you want to be in front of @\\
→  **Domain name** select the domain if you have more than one\\
→  **Password** if the measurement bar becomes green you have a good password\\
→  Click **ADD**\\
→  Then go to [[https://vefpostur.1984.is|vefpostur.1984.is]] to see if everything is working\\
→  **Username** is the email address you created\\
→  **Password** your powerful password\\
If everything is OK, you can set up an e-mail client, such as Thunderbird for example.\\
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==== 1984 Mail Servers ====

**Incoming mail server**: (**IMAP**)\\ 
→ is always mail.1984.is\\ 
→ **Port**: 143 (not a secure connection) eða 993 (SSL - secure connection).\\

**Outgoing mail server**: 
→ **Port** smtp is 465 (TLS or STARTTLS), or 475 (SSL), or 587 (TLS or STARTTLS).\\

**POP configuration**: We recommend using IMAP, but if you for some resons need to use POP then:\ 
→ **Incoming pop mail server**: mail.1984.is on Port 110.
→ **Outgoing pop mail server**: on Port 995 (SSL).\\

**Note; You need to authenticate with username and password for both incoming and outgoing mail**.
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==== Configure 1984 email address in Google Mail  ====
=== Fetch messages fom 1984 mail server ===
→ From inside **Gmail** click the gearwheel in the upper right corner and choose **Settings**.\\
→ Click the **Accounts and Import** tab.\\
→ On the right of **Check email from other accounts:** click **Add a POP3 mail account that you own**.\\
→ **Email address:** Your email address.\\
→ **Username:** Your email address again.\\
→ **Password:** The email password.\\
→ **POP Server:** mail.1984.is\\
→ **Port:** 995 (Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail)\\
→ Choose **Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server**.\\
→ Click **Add Account**.\\
Information on google's web:\\
\\
[[https://support.google.com/mail/answer/21289?hl=en|Check email from other accounts with Gmail]]

=== Send messages from your 1984 email address in Google Mail ===
→ From inside **Gmail** click the gearwheel in the upper right corner and choose **Settings**.\\
→ Click the **Accounts and Import** tab.\\
→ Where it says **Send mail as:** click the **Add another email address that you own**.\\
→ **Name:** The senders name (your name?).\\
→ **Email address:** Your email address.\\
→ **Treat as an alias** should be active.\\
→ **SMTP Server:** is mail.1984.is\\
→ **Port:** 587\\
→ **Username:** Your email address again.\\
→ **Password:** Your email address password.\\
→ **Secured connection using TLS** (recommended) should be on.\\
→ Click **Add Account**.\\
\\
Further information on google web:\\
[[https://support.google.com/mail/answer/22370?hl=en|Send mail from a different address or alias]]
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==== Configure your email in Thunderbird in Windows ====

If the window **Welcome to Thunderbird** opens when you start Thunderbird  for the first time, then choose  
**I think I'll configure my account later**.\\

→ Click the **Alt** key on your keyboard to see the the menu row on top of the window.\\
→ Choose **Tools** and **Account Settings**.
→ Click **Account Actions** and choose **Add Mail Account**.\\
→ **Your name:** Is the name you want the receiver to see as sender.\\ 
→ **Email address:** Your email address.\\
→ **Password:** Your email address password.\\ 
→ **Remember password** You probably want Thunderbird to remember the password.\\
→ Click **Continue** and choose **Manual config**.

→ **Incoming:** should be **IMAP**.\\
→ **Server hostname** is mail.1984.is\\
→ **Port** 993 SSL/TLS\\
→ **Authentication** Normal password.\\

→ **Outgoing:** SMTP\\
→ **Server hostname** is mail.1984.is\\
→ **Port** 587 STARTTLS\\
→ **Authentication** Normal password.\\
→ **Username:** **Incoming:** Your email address, **Outgoing:** Your email address.\\
→ Click **Done** (or **Re-test**).
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