<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>email/locked_out</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2023-02-27 11:29:15</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2023-02-27 11:26:48</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2023-02-27 11:24:49</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2023-02-27 11:24:22</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2023-02-27 10:26:33</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Email: locked out / blocked</title><para>Trouble accessing email might be caused by </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Wrong username / password. </para></listitem><listitem><para>Locked user in Zimbra - too many tries with wrong password (not IP based). </para></listitem><listitem><para>IP block on Zimbra - too many tries with wrong password (IP based). </para></listitem><listitem><para>IP block for the whole I-MATH infrastructure - too many tries with wrong password (IP based). </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para>To track down the problem: </para><orderedlist numeration="arabic"><listitem><para>Open <ulink url="https://mail.math.uzh.ch"/> - log in with your I-MATH account. For the most user, the I-MATH account is identicallly to the UZH shortname. </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Success: continue </para></listitem><listitem><para>Fail:  </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Does the website load correctly but shows an error 'Wrong password'?  </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Sync/set your password under <ulink url="https://math.uzh.ch/account"/> - Warning: if your I-MATH is different from UZH shortname, ALWAYS use the I-MATH account! </para></listitem><listitem><para>Still problems: contact <ulink url="https://math.uzh.ch/support">Support</ulink> - your account might be locked on Zimbra. </para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem><listitem><para>Does the website timed out? Your IP is banned, contact <ulink url="https://math.uzh.ch/support">Support</ulink>. Best together with a screenshot of your IP address <ulink url="https://www.whatismyip.com/"/> </para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem><listitem><para>In case your email program (Thunderbird, Apple Mail, ...) has a problem: </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Typically the password is saved separately for sending (SMTP) and for receiving (IMAP). Change both! </para></listitem><listitem><para>Switch off the WLAN on all of your devices but one - start with that one. </para></listitem><listitem><para>Start your email program and send a mail from your I-MATH account to your I-MATH account. </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Wrong password: set the password again in your mail programm. <emphasis role="strong">Important:</emphasis> If you use Apple, reboot your device after changing the passwords! Apple Mail is known to still use the old password. </para></listitem><listitem><para>Still wrong password? Check if (1) is still fine - if yes, your account is fine (not locked), the problem has to be in the Mail configuration. </para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem><listitem><para>Repeat step 2 with all of your devices. </para></listitem></orderedlist></section></article>