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Welcome to the Summer Semester 2024!

April 10th, 2024 | by
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The nights are getting shorter and the days are getting long again – time for a new semester to start!

With this in mind, we would like to welcome you and wish you a successful summer semester 2024!

Studying has become much more digital in recent years. This means that people are not only learning from books but also a lot on their laptops, tablets and smartphones. Are you already connected?

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Mail Security – How to Configure Forwarding Correctly

March 13th, 2024 | by
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In this article in our mail security series, we will show you how to configure the forwarding of incoming mails. In our previous articles, we have informed you about the problems involved in sending mails, possible security vulnerabilities and security mechanisms that have already been implemented and explained why redirects are bad. This article is about setting up forwarding in the RWTH Mail App, also known as “OWA” (Outlook Web App).

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Welcome to the Winter Semester 2023/2024!

October 9th, 2023 | by
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The city is filling up with young people, the leaves are slowly starting to turn colorful. This can only mean one thing: A new winter semester is about to begin!

We welcome you and wish you a successful winter semester 2023/2024!

Studying has become much more digital in recent years. This means that people are not only learning from books but also a lot on their laptops, tablets and smartphones. Are you already connected?

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Changeover Within the GitLab Login Process

April 26th, 2023 | by
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On May 3, 2023, the login process for our GitLab instances (git.rwth-aachen.de and git-ce.rwth-aachen.de) will be updated as part of a necessary maintenance.

However, in order to be able to log in to the GitLab instances of the RWTH after the maintenance, the primary e-mail address stored in GitLab must match the contact e-mail address in the Identity Management of the RWTH. Otherwise, if the e-mail addresses are different, you may get a login error after the system changeover.

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E-Mail Security – Why Are Redirections Bad?

September 7th, 2022 | by
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The third part of our series of articles on e-mail security deals with the identification protocol DKIM and the standard method for e-mail authentication DMARC.

In our first article and second article on the topic of e-mail security, we informed you about the origins of e-mail and the current statistics in mail traffic at RWTH. In addition, we explained what the SMTP protocol is and what problems it can cause.

 

 

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#GoodToKnow: How to create distribution groups?

August 5th, 2022 | by
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Recently, we told you about mailing lists and how to request them. In this blog post, we’ll introduce you to the difference with distribution groups and describe how to create and manage them.

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#GoodToKnow: How to Request Mailing Lists?

August 1st, 2022 | by
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In addition to the central mail server, the IT Center also offers the setup of mailing lists. In contrast to lists that are maintained privately in a mail program, these can be used to address a larger group of people. In this blog post, you will learn how to apply for these lists and what you need to be aware of.

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E-Mail Security – The SMTP Protocol and Its Problems (Sending and Receiving)

July 27th, 2022 | by
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In our first article on the topic of e-mail security, we gave an insight into the historical development of e-mail. We briefly explained how e-mail exchange works and referred to the statistics of the e-mail service at RWTH Aachen University.

Today we’ll tell you about the transmission protocol “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol” (SMTP) and its pitfalls.

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E-Mail Attachments and Their Challenges

June 22nd, 2022 | by
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Everybody has experienced this: You are working on documents with several people. When the work statuses then need to be exchanged, there are various approaches.

Still popular is the sending of attachments via e-mail. Sounds easy, but it can cause some difficulties.

To support you at this point, the IT Center has prepared a handout on how to deal with attachments. But let’s start from the beginning…

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E-Mail Security – E-Mail & Mail Statistics at RWTH

June 15th, 2022 | by
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About 50 years ago, the first e-mail was sent – albeit between two computer systems that were part of the same local network. In the 1980s, the internet was opened up to a larger circle of users and e-mail was given its own transmission protocol “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol” (SMTP).

Even today, the exchange of messages via e-mail is undoubtedly an important way of exchanging information between parties via an asynchronous communication channel.

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