Email Information

All users of our department get an email account of the form: 'username@jmmy.harvard.edu' where 'username' is the assigned Unix username.

For convenience, an email alias of the form 'lastname.firstname@jimmy.harvard.edu' is also created. Both forms of email address can be used interchangeably.

Accessing email

To access your email from a Unix host, type mutt at the command line of one of your xterms.

To access your email from a PC we recommend users use thunderbird. It is by default installed on all the Department's PC desktops and can be installed on home computers and/or laptops.

Thunderbird Standard Settings
Thunderbird LDAP Settings

Also look at thunderbird tips for some useful tips and add-ons.

Webmail

Webmail for people on the new email system is available at https://roaming.dfci.harvard.edu.

Webmail is not available for people on the old email system.

Set up vacation messages

Type vacation2 enable or vacation2 disable to either enable or disable mail on the new email system. Make sure you update your .vacation.msg prior to running this.

Click HERE for a more pc friendly version to enable vacation messages.

Create a signature

A) mutt

Type your signature information in a file named .signature in your home
directory.
To undo this feature, delete the .signature file.

B) thunderbird

Type your signature information in a text or html file and remember the location and the name of the file. For most people, a text file will be fine. Open up Thunderbird, go to Tools, Account Settings, place a a check next to Attach this signature and click on Choose to find your signature file. Click ok to finish. It is better to create the file on your local disk (i.e. the PC where thunderbird runs) to avoid any performance penalties.

To undo this feature uncheck the box next to "Attach this signature".

Aliases and mailing lists

Click here for an updated list of general aliases for the department.

Type names at a unix prompt follow by the possible name of an alias. Keep using names to futher refine your search

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mys[nikos]:~>names bcb
Names that match bcb:
 
BCB                                 BCB.PROGRAM
BCB.ADMIN                           BCB.PROGRAMMER
BCB.ADMIN-ASSISTANT                 BCB.PROGRAMMING
BCB.ALL                             BCB.RA
BCB.ASSIST-PROF                     BCB.RESEARCHSCIENTISTS
BCB.ASSOC-PROF                      BCB.RS
BCB.CLSB                            BCB.SAS-PROGRAMMERS
BCB.COMPBIO                         BCB.SENIOR-FACULTY
BCB.CORE                            BCB.SMITH
BCB.DATABASE                        BCB.SRS
BCB.FACULTY                         BCB.STATISTICIANS
BCB.JOB-SEARCH                      BCB.STUDENTS
BCB.JUNIOR-FACULTY                  BCB.SUMMER
BCB.MA-STATISTICIANS                BCB.SYSTEMS
BCB.MAYER-ALL                       BCB.WEEKLY
BCB.POSTDOCS                        BCBFEEDBACK
BCB.PROF

Following people belong to the alias bcb: 
 
ABBETT                              JANE

mys[nikos]:~>names biostatistics.systems

Names that match biostatistics.systems:

 BIOSTATISTICS.SYSTEMS

 Following people belong to the alias biostatistics.systems:

 CHRISTIE.LINDA                      NG.ANNIE

GEORGE.NIKOS                        TALLENT.SUNCHA

LAFACE.KEITH                        TERRY.LISA

mys[nikos]:~>names george.nikos

Names that match george.nikos:

 GEORGE.NIKOS

 Following people belong to the alias george.nikos:

  NIKOS@JIMMY.HARVARD.EDU

mys[nikos]:~>

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We are using mailman for mailing list management. Please contact systems if you need an alias or a mailing list created or changed.

How to Forward Partners Email to Your Jimmy Account (click here)

Partners email integration

Every employee of the Institute is assigned a Partners userid/password and an email account of the form usename@partners.org. To access your Partners account please go to https://www.partners.org/email and log in using your Partners userid and password. To make matters more complicated, DFCI telecommunications create an email alias of the form firstname_lastname@dfci.harvard.edu that points to the Partners email account.

We do not recommend users to use both email accounts as it will be very difficult to manage. The Partners email account has a 20Mb quote (meaning that if your inbox exceeds it, incoming mail will bounce). The best solution is to forward your Partners email account to your jimmy account.

You cannot enable forwarding from the Partners Outlook Web Access.

Please follow the directions in the "How to Forward Partners Email to Your Jimmy Account" section.

Email us ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) if you need help with this.

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