Purdue Mathematics IT

Alligate is the server-side spam blocking software that we love to hate. It blocks the vast majority of spam messages to .math.purdue.edu email addresses and is careful not to block legitimate emails. Below are some commands that you can use to get even more out of Alligate:

To execute these options, send an email to the following address and include the option in the subject line.

alligate@mailrelay.math.purdue.edu

Options to enter in subject line:
• To “un-whitelist” an address, enter disallow::someone@somewhere.com
• To “allow” an address, enter allow::someone@somewhere.com
• To “block” an address, enter block::someone@somewhere.com
• To retrieve your digest, enter Send Digest

Note: You may receive a confirmation message you must respond to before the action is completed.

One can easily add lookup functionality to their email client that makes it trivial to find people’s email addresses given their names. By simply typing a name in the To: or CC: fields, Mac Mail will query an IT@P server for email addresses that belong to the typed name.

Here’s how to set it up:

• Open Mac Mail
• From the top Menu goto Preferences:
  
• Next, open the “Composing” tab on the top of the dialog windows and choose the “Configure LDAP” button:
  
• Once the “Configure LDAP” window appears, click the +button in the lower left-hand corner. This window should appear:
  
• You need to fill the fields as shown in the below image:
  
• If you want to use the lookup functionaliy from off-campus, you should enter your Purdue Career Account username and password and set the “Auth Type” to SSL.
• Click the “Save” button.
• If you want to query the Mathematics Department server as well as Purdue’s, click the + sign in the lower, left-hand corner and fill out the fields with the below values:
  
• Finally, click the “Done” button.
• Be sure to check the “Automatically complete addresses” button on the “Composin” tab of Mail’s Preferences.

Start a “New” email message, and type the name of a Purdue person, the name should automatically be translated into an email address.

Click here for detailed instructions to setup a printer in Windows XP.

If you need assistance, email helpdesk@math.purdue.edu.

Click here for detailed instructions to setup a printer in Mac OS X.

If you need assistance, email helpdesk@math.purdue.edu.

Career Account help is available here: https://www.math.purdue.edu/resources/careeraccounthelp/

You can change your math password by logging into MathNet and selecting “Change Password” from the menu on the left.
Additionally, documentation for new math account holders provides more information: https://www.math.purdue.edu/resources/computing/newaccount/

Your PUID is a ten digit number that Purdue uses to uniquely identify it’s constituents. Your PUID is printed on your official Purdue ID card. Additionally, you can retrieve your PUID by authenticating yourself with your Purdue Career Account login and password here:
https://www.science.purdue.edu/utils/whatsmypuid

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You can learn more about UNIX right at your workstation. Jennifer Myers has compiled a useful directory of UNIX tutorials and information.

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/

Purdue’s Engineering Computer Network website has a very useful knowledge base. Below is a link to the ECN Knowledge Base.

https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Resources/KnowledgeBase/