OWBN Email

Exsisting users click here for webmail. Access Web Mail

-Email accounts may be accessed through the web, (link above) or through a standard e-mail client such as outlook, outlook express, or eudora. pop3, imap or imaps is supported. pop3 will typically download the mail to your computer. Imap will leave the mail on the server. Imap is ideal for users who wish to have thier old messages and archives available to them via the web and at home. Imaps is for secure encrypted download.

-We provide e-mail accounts free of charge. It is a service provided through the shear tenacity of our volunteers by the owbn membership fees. We have instituted quotas on mailboxes to maintain a fair level of service to all users.

-If you are having issues logging on, or are having messages being refused, you may have exceeded your disk Quota. To check your quota, log onto the web mail and select options. Then select quota. OWBN users are allowed a 10 MB mail box.

-The OWBN server supports SSL security. To take best advantage of it please download and install the certificate here. CERTIFICATE

-Please delete anything you no longer need, and if you are going to need something on a long-term basis, it may be a good idea to save it on a local computer.

-Although data on the mail server is backed up, it is strongly encoraged that users keep copies of thier most critical data some other location. Restoration of data from backup is only possible by replacing a users entire mail box based on the previous nights backup.

-All email sent through owbn.org is scanned for viruses automatically. Infected mail is automatically placed in a safe location away from the user.

-The owbn server has a very powerful and effective spam filter system installed. By default user setup is maintained on a global setting. These settings are less agressive than what most users may desire. Should a user wish to have personal account filter access please e-mail the hostmaster and an account shall be created.

-Users are encouraged to take advantage of this system. By using this system members train the system what they consider "spam" or "ham." This particular system has show to be the best method to date in combating spam. After users have trained the system they can expect better than 99% accuracy in removing and catching spam. The system itself has excellent documentation within. To have the system filter spam a user must log on and configure the settings. One of th emost important settings is the spam value. It establishes the value in which spam is filtered. A good starting value is 4.00. Watch your account closely. Over a few days a user will notice a better value and can fine tune the system accordingly. Any other questions should be directed to the Hostmaster below.

-The server has Sieve mail filtering. This means that users can setup server side filters to have messages sorted based on various criteria. It can be auto moved into special folders (i.e. one for each mailing list) forwarded, auto deleted, or marked for important reading. To configure log on through the web sq interface and click on filters. Each step is documented on the page. The filters apply to users who user imap and pop3 also. It will auto sort on the server before downloading to the client. A very useful too!

Anyone caught using email accounts for business soliciation or spam mailing will be banned from the system.

-Accounts that have been inactive for more than 45 days will be deleted and all mail shall be removed. If you expect to be away for extended periods please contact the hostmaster to have your account protected.

The interface to allow user to add e-mail accounts through the web has been removed due to abuse. If you would like a free OWBN e-mail account please e-mail the hostmaster with your name, chronicle, st or council rep's e-mail address.