On Dimension you have an email address of yourusername@dimension.sh. This can be accessed in one of the following ways:
We have two email clients installed on Dimension, which are configured by default to access your email account:
Which you use is a matter of personal preference, alpine has a gentler learning curve, but mutt is a fully-featured and configurable client. Many guides are available online on how to use both of these clients.
Accessing your Dimension mail from a full email client is quite easy. All the details that you need to connect to the mail server are available on the [[Accessing your email via IMAP]]. Configuration of the client varies from client to client, so please search for a guide for your client. If you have any issues, then contact the admins at sysops@dimension.sh[1].
To forward your Dimension email to another address, all you need to do is created a file named .forward in your home directory with the email address you want the mails redirected to.
If wanted to have all your emails forwarded to myawesomeemail@gmail.com you can run the following command:
# echo "myawesomeemail@gmail.com" > ~/.forward
Note: some email servers don't take kindly to this type of forwarding and may mark the mail as spam.
For the techies, here is the configuration we use: