Topic: requesting a help with webbased e-mail > outlook. (Read 14708 times)

davidoffbeat · « **on:** June 07, 2005, 01:01:59 PM »

I thought maybe someone here could help me, if its possible at all:

I go to school/work at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, we have some dumb web based email system called "E-spartan" (e-spartan.uncg.edu).

Well I work in the University Relations office with web developers, photographers, writers, editors, etc. so we send alot of e-mails back and forth. Everyone says theres not way for students to use lotus/outlook.

Im sure theres is probaby a way but i need to find out all the server info, incoming/outgoing all that jazz...

Anyone know how to figure that out?

hackess · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:03:03 PM »

Only if you go read this thread, first.

Cyber_Sniper · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:08:18 PM »

Quote from: davidoffbeat

I thought maybe someone here could help me, if its possible at all:

I go to school/work at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, we have some dumb web based email system called "E-spartan" (e-spartan.uncg.edu).

Well I work in the University Relations office with web developers, photographers, writers, editors, etc. so we send alot of e-mails back and forth. Everyone says theres not way for students to use lotus/outlook.

Im sure theres is probaby a way but i need to find out all the server info, incoming/outgoing all that jazz...

Anyone know how to figure that out?

Ask someone at the uni you work for. Or do you plan to use this information to try and gain access to the mail server???

davidoffbeat · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:18:12 PM »

the employees have some program that has all the info included already.
they were told by whoevers in charge that it's not possible for students to do it (i dont believe that)

Im using a mac here at work, its such a pain!
I have to use safari (which isnt my default browser) go to e-spartan.uncg.edu, enter username and password, open some stupid text based version of the website because the regular version is not supported by Mac and then scroll to the bottom to look at new mail. (and i have no notification program so i have to do this every 10-15 mins to see if i have mail)

I just want outlook to work or SOME kind of notification program.

catwritr, that link didnt seem to work, it just opened up the forum index page.

hackess · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:21:34 PM »

Oh hell...that's because I had the wrong link.

Let me summarize:
This is not a tech support forum.

davidoffbeat · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:31:49 PM »

i introduced myself! im david. im 19 and im a student web developer here at uncg.

and im not gonna just solve my problems and then leave, im already talking to reimero about beta testing for that rpg

but please help if you can...heh.

hackess · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:34:21 PM »

No.

I'm not helping you bypass your university's preordained setup. If your university's tech department won't help you, neither will I. I don't care if Safari isn't your browser of choice. I don't care if you have to use a Mac. I just don't care.

Cyber_Sniper · « **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:39:12 PM »

Quote from: davidoffbeat

i introduced myself! im david. im 19 and im a student web developer here at uncg.

and im not gonna just solve my problems and then leave, im already talking to reimero about beta testing for that rpg

but please help if you can...heh.

I'll help but it will cost you the following...

The Blood of Eight Virgins
A Monster Truck
Two Cream Teas (From The Ritz in London)
And a Partridge in a Apple Tree

Thanks

pbsaurus · « **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:40:28 PM »

I have a trunk monster!

Cyber_Sniper · « **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:46:59 PM »

Oh My....

davidoffbeat · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:47:47 PM »

wow thanks for the hospitality.

im sure the tech dept doesnt mind, but i highly doubt they have time to help every student who wants to use outlook configure all the stupid info.

TheJudge · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:50:14 PM »

You have to understand there's been a huge traffic of people comming here to ask technical questions. I mean a lot. That isn't the purpose of this place.

davidoffbeat · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:53:03 PM »

well i need something to do with my spare time at work anyways, ill continue posting.

notice my join date was may 18th, not june 7th.

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2005, 01:59:08 PM »

Quote from: davidoffbeat

i introduced myself!

Yes, I can clearly see your post in the New Geeks On The Block, where you introduce yourself and actually contribute to the conversations before jumping and asking questions.

Quote from: davidoffbeat

but please help if you can...heh.

Oh the wit, I am in awe of you. I don't know if I should take that as an insult or if you were trying to be funny. Were you trying to make a joke or just to insult our "UB3R 1337 H4K3R SKi115" so that we have to "prove our worth"?

If anything will get people to help you with your problem, it is by goading them with a challenge the likes of which have never been seen before. (Except from a 3rd grader who dares his best friend to eat a worm. Better make that 6th grader, the schools are getting worse so I don't think they could spell 'worm' much less identify what one is.)

Chris · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2005, 02:03:40 PM »

You know, it is possible that the place may only allow internal pop/smtp mail protocols. They may very well be blocking port 25 so no one can check it from outside using that method.

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2005, 02:06:46 PM »

That said, if you would go please over to the new people forum and introduce yourself (And yes, you ARE new even though you made an account the 18th) maybe people will say "Hello, Welcome" and who knows what.

I'm not a representative, just a single person.

davidoffbeat · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2005, 02:21:23 PM »

Quote

Oh the wit, I am in awe of you. I don't know if I should take that as an insult or if you were trying to be funny. Were you trying to make a joke or just to insult our "UB3R 1337 H4K3R SKi115" so that we have to "prove our worth"?

Weird Tingly Feeling are you talking about, I wanst insulting anyone or testing anyones skills. i just meant help me if someone knows alot on the subject.

so defensive. you think pretty highly of youself mr uber leet hacker.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2005, 02:34:09 PM »

Hey... any relation to ivan davidoff?

davidoffbeat · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2005, 02:50:42 PM »

nah my real name is david witherington. david offbeat was just a nick that some people gave me back when i had my own website "offbeat online"

hackess · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2005, 03:18:47 PM »

Quote from: Chris

You know, it is possible that the place may only allow internal pop/smtp mail protocols. They may very well be blocking port 25 so no one can check it from outside using that method.

Then why in the world would they require students to use web email?

davidoffbeat · « **Reply #20 on:** June 07, 2005, 03:26:44 PM »

yea i searched around pop/imap is "disabled" at the server, so i guess theres no other way around it?

fuck fuck fuck

hackess · « **Reply #21 on:** June 07, 2005, 03:27:41 PM »

Brilliant, Holmes. You'll survive.

Chris · « **Reply #22 on:** June 07, 2005, 03:35:47 PM »

There is no other way around it, period. If it is not running on the server, there is no way you are going to be able to utalize it if it is not there.

Also, they may require students to use the web-based email to avoid questions like this constantly, as well as people making stupid mistakes. Imagine someone uses Outlook, and then after it downloads all their mail for them, it then deletes it from the server. That same student then goes to school the next day and logs in via the web-based portal and expects to see his or her email sitting there, but it isn't because it is all gone since it is saved on their other computer. Granted, there are ways to configure most email clients to leave the mail on the server permantly, every X days, or only when it is deleted from the program's trash.

Basically, it is pretty much disabled to avoid confusion and other non-sense questions.

davidoffbeat · « **Reply #23 on:** June 07, 2005, 03:39:40 PM »

yea i guess. i have my gmail account configured so i have to delete it from thunderbird and from gmail.com. but other people could easily be confused if they didnt know what was going on...

But I've also seen problems like kids forgetting to check their e-mail and missing important info from their teacher because they have no type of notification.

i e-mailed tech services and asked if they could move me to the faculty server, hopefully i'll be able to.

thanks for your help chris.

and for those others, that wasnt so bad was it?
if you have the time to flame people every other post/thread about asking for help...why dont you just take a few extra minutes, be nice, and help them if possible. jeez.

on that note, id be glad to help people with their problems if i can.

hackess · « **Reply #24 on:** June 07, 2005, 03:56:33 PM »

Why?

BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A FUCKING TECH SUPPORT FORUM.

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