Welcome to the Computing Help page for the Department of Mathematics


This page provides links to various helpful pieces of information that you can access from your web browser.

IT Status. Check on the current status of the departmental computing systems.

Maildir. The new email storage format that will allow for (somewhat) larger email files and more efficient backups.

Webmail. Access your departmental email via the web. This is not as fancy as gmail but works as long as folders are not too large.

Email and Spam Filtering. Configure email access and handle forwarding and vacation messages or adjust your spam filtering setting.

Contact User Support. Find places where you can ask your questions.

Secure Shell Information. Set up secure (encrypted) communication on your system for contacting coxeter and other machines.

Hardware (MAC) address. How to obtain your compter's hardware address.

Wireless Networking. Wireless networking at the Department of Mathematics.

CTWM windows manager. The man page for the CTWM windows manager (the new coxeter interface).

Pegasus 4.21c. Click on the link to download the Pegasus email client for Windows.

Mindterm Information. Access coxeter securely from remote sites using a web browser.

New User Computer Handout. PDF version of the document given out to new users.

University Site Licence Office. Additional software that you wish to purchase may be covered by a University site licence.

Symantec Norton Antivirus. Available to faculty, staff, and students for office and home machines.

Printing Information. Some limited information about printing in the Department of Mathematics.

Setting Up An Automatic Email Reply Message. Run vacationmessage on coxeter for more information.

Using Firefox. How to set up firefox the first time you use it. Also describes how to limit your Cache size in case it is causing you to go over quota.

Creating A Web Page. How to request and set up a web page.

Quotas. Information about quotas on disk usage on coxeter.

Available Departmental Software.

Remote Access to the UofT Library Electronic Resources. How to access Library Resources from your home computer.

If you need to run jobs on coxeter that require large amounts of temporary diskspace or cpu usage then either follow the links earlier in this sentence or type "scratchspace" or "bigjobs" on coxeter.