E-Mail account at the LMU
Since the beginning of 2024, new employees can use an e-mail account at LMU.
The account is created when you first register for the LMU user account.
The e-mail addresses have the form {LMU username}@lmu.de .
LMU also offers an e-mail service for students.
E-Mail Forward to LMU User account
If the IPS user account is activated, e-mails to [firstname.lastname]@phonetik.uni-muenchen.de are usually forwarded to the e-mail address of the LMU user account, e.g. John.Doe@phonetik.uni-muenchen.de to John.Doe@lmu.de.
Employees can also have their own email account set up at the institute.
E-Mail account at the Institute
You can query the e-mail account with the usual E-mail programs (Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, MS Outlook, etc.) via IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) and transfer the E-mails to your workstation (notebook, PC).
When using the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), the e-mails basically remain on the server and are downloaded if necessary. With Mozilla Thunderbird and MS Outlook, however, the e-mail boxes can also be synchronized locally (e.g. your notebook) so that they are also available offline.
Mails can be sent via SMTP after authentication.
Your access data are:
Your E-Mail address: login@phonetik.uni-muenchen.de
Incoming mail server: IMAP: mail.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de
Encryption: STARTTLS (TLS)
Outgoing mail server SMTP: mail.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de
Encryption: STARTTLS (TLS)
Username: login
Password: (The password of your user account)
Recommended mail application is Mozilla Thunderbird. Thunderbird should configure your mail account automatically when you enter your E-Mail address .
Troubleshooting
No connection:
Some internet providers allow only connection to well known E-Mail providers or block some interent ports generally. Best option is to use a LRZ VPN Connection to the Münchener Wissenschaftsnetz (MWN).
Recommended port configuration:
- IMAP STARTTLS Port 143
- SMTP STARTTLS Port 587
Automatic e-mail reply for e-mail accounts at the institute
With the help of the Linux program vacation, a mail forward is set up so that the sender of a mail is automatically replied to in order to inform the sender that you are currently unable to read mails, e.g. because you are on holiday.
Log on to a Linux computer and open a terminal or via SSH.
vacation
via SSH.
The small programme gives interactive instructions to activate/deactivate the automatic reply and to edit the notification message.
The manual is the same as for most UNIX commands:
man vacation
So that it will be a nice holiday :)
Privacy
Please note the privacy policy of the LMU for "E-Mail-Nutzung".
E-mail aliases
You can find the institute's e-mail aliases in the IPS wiki. For IPS staff only.