sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

[pinkenburg <pinkenburg AT bnl.gov>]

Hi folks,

a small remark at the beginning to clear up some confusion I heard:

Only BNL domain accounts which use BNL's  office 365 outlook  and itd's 
mail are not affected by this change to IMAP access
Accessing rcf mail via any client (even outlook) needs the ssh tunnel or 
vpn (where vpn again needs a BNL domain account)
Outgoing mail does not use IMAP and is therefore not affected (in clear 
text, you do not have to change the outgoing server)

And now to webmail:

webmail has been upgraded and one can prepare and activate the 2 factor 
authentication which will be mandatory April 6th. Open 
webmail.rhic.bnl.gov in your browser and enter your credentials 
(remember webmail uses a separate password database, last years password 
change only affected your rcf login password). The procedure is 
surprisingly painless, you will need to install the google authenticator 
on your cell phone. Instructions are here:

https://www.racf.bnl.gov/docs/services/email/MFA

After logging into webmail, go to settings, at the bottom you can click 
on "2-Factor Authentication"
You can enter 4 recovery codes, used when you don't have access to your 
cell phone (those 4 can be identical, don't tell anyone) and are 
prompted for the authenticator code during login.

Hit "generate secret" then save save which makes a "show qr code" button 
appear which you then scan with your google authenticator. You can enter 
the code you get from the authenticator in  the Check Code field to 
check if the code you get from the authenticator is working. Up to April 
6 this is optional but you might as well click Activate to run with MFA 
from now on. Probably you want to log out and try if you get back in 
again. After prompting for the account and password it'll ask for the 
authenticator code and then you are in.

Keep your cell with you at all times (at least the times when you want 
to read mail via webmail)

Chris

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Christopher H. Pinkenburg       ;    pinkenburg AT bnl.gov
                                ;    http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/~pinkenbu

Brookhaven National Laboratory  ;    phone: (631) 344-5692
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