Revision as of 10:04, 4 March 2014

VT Email

There are currently 3 different email scenarios at VT

VT Google Apps

Address: PID@vt.edu

Everyone with a VT PID has a VT Google Apps account. This is the most common denominator for VT email.

Email can be accessed through the web interface, or by configuring a desktop client via IMAP.

Exchange (Soon to be Office365)

Exchange Landing Page

Address: PID@exchange.vt.edu.

Exchange is F/S only, though students can be sponsored for an Exchange account.

The most common Exchange scenario involves email from VT Google Apps (PID@vt.edu) being forwarded to the Exchange account (PID@exchange.vt.edu). This does not include emails flagged as spam (see below)

Local Exchange (ITAR)

Address: PID@exchange.vt.edu.

If you are on an ITAR related project, email sent to PID@vt.edu does NOT get sent to VT Google Apps, and instead everything goes directly to PID@exchange.vt.edu. There is no spam filtering in this situation, be prepared to deal with a lot of spam using filters on your desktop client.

Managing Spam

Outlook Filter

1. Create a new rule in Outlook (only works in Windows)
2. Check “with specific words in the message header”
3. Add X-Spam-Flag: YES with no quotes to the rule
4. Add X-Gm-Spam: 1 with no quotes as an optional additional rule
5. Click Next
6. Check “move to the specified folder”
7. Choose the folder to move them to (Junk E-mail is recommended)
8. Give it a name and you should be done

Spam (Unwanted Email)

VT Google Apps Mail Mailbox Management

Checking Spam in Your VT Google Apps Mail Account

Stopping Email from Going to Spam in VT Google Apps Mail

Managing Spam when Forwarding VT Google Apps Mail by Creating a Filter