In the touristic areas there also are internet "cafés" from Etecsa the Cuban telephone/internet provider.

You can bring your laptop computer, you will have to contact one of local ISP's who will provide you with temporary Internet access for your limited stay. If you are staying in a hotel, make sure your modem will bypass their PBX phone system. If they have a data port on their phones you should have no problem, set your modem to dial whatever number you normally dial for an outside line, then your ISP's access number. There are quite a few Cyber Cafes in PV.

There are a number of Internet workstations for your use located in the Library. You may access Yahoo! Mail or MSN Hotmail or other free, web-based e-mail services for academic purposes only. Ask a staff member if you need assistance. Please, no chat or games on Library workstations. Access to the Internet from home is available through a number of Internet service providers (ISPs), including free ISPs such as those listed on the Library's Internet Reference web page.

When you order a Corporate Virtual Server, you get one (POP) E-mail account. You can retrieve E-mail from this account using any POP3 compatible E-mail program. This includes Netscape Mail, Eudora, and Microsoft? Exchange? (if you have Internet Mail installed). We recommend using Eudora because it has great features and a great price (free!). You can find detailed instructions for setting up Eudora to retrieve your e-mail.

Yes. We support both IMAP and POP to read your e-mail. The required host names for the incoming server are imap.math.utah.edu and pop.math.utah.edu, respectively, mailhost.math.utah.edu for the outgoing server. For efficiency, the mail directory should be set to mail (that is, a subdirectory in your top-level login directory); otherwise, the e-mail client might try to search your entire login tree for the files that it maintains.

A Section 4.2a How To Verify And Change Your Mail Settings of Internet Texoma's How To directory has detailed instructions on setting up Internet Mail.

Your email will queue up on our server cluster until your mail server comes back online. No email will be lost or returned.

For the information you'll need to use in the E-mail Setup window, see: How To Find Your Mail Server Name in Common E-Mail Programs. You can also reference this topic in the PC Access for Windows Reference Guide: E-mail Setup window.

Yes, you can enable e-mail forwarding if you do not want to run your own mail server but still want to receive e-mail for your Internet name (domain name). For example, the feature sends all mail for <anyuser>@jsmith.planetdns.net to an e-mail address that you specify. The e-mail address could be your e-mail address at your ISP, hotmail account, etc.

Yes, you can specify other delivery addresses through the Identity Management Services channel in the UC Merced Portal my.ucmerced.edu.

There are a variety of ways to handle this. If you use Outlook, TextAloud will install a toolbar available in outlook under View->Toolbars. This will make it very simple to listen to emails. Toolbars for other mail clients will be coming, but for now if you use something other than outlook your best bets are to use TextAloud's clipboard watching or the Speak or Proofread Hotkeys. More info on this in the TextAloud Manual.

Yes, you may e-mail any of the library staff to answer a reference question. Just go to the library's homepage and click on the link "Get Help" (last shaded link on the page). Then click on the "Ask a Librarian" link (first link on the page). Please allow a day's leeway for us to answer as we are very busy.

All accounts created after 1/1/2007 are using a MailEnable server. Most older accounts use on a Rockliffe MailSite server.

Sure. If you have a question that isn't here or in the long version of the FAQ, or if you just want to send along a comment, feel free. If I know the answer and/or have the time and energy, I'll write back.

Yes. Hotels in larger cities have business centers where you can pay for time on a computer with Internet access. Some of the larger hotels may have data ports where you can plug in your computer but generally wireless access will not be available. You can use Internet access to send and receive e-mail from home, although from time to time it can be difficult to access certain services.

Receive or send emails or use the internet while abroad and only pay for what you use! Emails can be sent to email addresses anywhere in the world! If you are planning to use a lot of Internet/Email we recommend you to purchase our Internet/Email option. Email is charged at ¥8 per Kilobyte for Short Term plan and ¥5 per Kilobyte for Long Term plan.