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## Contributing to the wiki
Just do a PR on [tildegit](https://tildegit.org/thunix/wiki)
We divide things into Topics and Subtopics, each with their own Folders. So for example: ./wiki/ssh/general/howto.md
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Topic Subtopic File
Note that Subtopic isn’t required, but makes for nice sorting of different topics in a topic, so generic SSH guides are not confused with different SSH topics on how SSH works within thunix itself or etc…
There is also an “Unsorted” directory (located ./wiki/unsorted/), which has three purposes; These are:
* A “Hodge-Podge” for anything that doesn’t have/need a specific directory
* A temporary storage area for files not classified into a category. NOTE; Maintainer/Contribs would sort these and be responsible for ensuring that any files that refer to files that have been resorted properly)

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## Your Thunix Email
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Every thunix account comes with a functional email address and mail box. This email address is the same as your SSH login name and your password is that which you received from the server's staff, in your signup confirmation email. However, if need to change your password on your thunix SSH account, use the `PASSWD` command through SSH. Though your SSH account has a password, this will NOT affect how you log into your account using SSH or an SFTP client, as your public/private key pair will always work. The account password, however, will affect only your thunix email address and ZNC IRC bouncer.
Your email can be accessed in one of three ways:
1. Running the Mutt or Alpine email clients through your SSH account
2. Logging into your email account from our [Rainloop web mail](https://www.thunix.net/webmail/) service
3. Through an email client program installed on your computer, using IMAP
Unlike the email services provided by Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and other providers, who intrusively spy on its users beyond reasonable law enforcement and advertising tactics, thunix email services will always respect user privacy, as you can see through our [GDPR Statement and Privacy Policy](https://www.thunix.net/gdpr.php).
## Mutt and Alpine Email Clients
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Both Mutt and Alpine email clients are installed on thunix's server. They're open and accessible to every user, simply by running either the command `mutt` or `alpine` through SSH. For further assistance with either of these programs, it's highly suggested to read their man pages on the server; do this by running either `man mutt` or `man alpine` through SSH. The server is set up in such a way that allows both Mutt and Alpine to be able to fetch and send emails, so no manual configuration is required.
## Rainloop Web Mail Service
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Thunix uses the Rainloop web interface to give users email access through their web browsers. Logging in requires the same username and password as your SSH account. Rainloop's interface is very easy to navigate, comparable to those of Microsoft Outlook, Google Mail or other browser-based email services, with utilities for organising your inbox, reporting spam and writing new messages.
## Email Client Setup with IMAP
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You can also access thunix email using your favourite client software, including but not limited to Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Office Outlook, Claws Mail or any email client that supports IMAP. The below picture illustrates the settings needed to configure your email client to fetch mail from thunix. Though it shows Thunderbird's configuration menu, this applies to all email client programs.
![Email settings in a Thunderbird dialog](https://www.thunix.net/images/mail.png){width=100%}

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## SSH and Thunix (And magic!)
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When you [sign up](https://www.thunix.net/signup.php) for an account on thunix, you'll be given remote access to a Linux shell server, with web hosting, gopher hosting and email. And because of our [GDPR and privacy policy](https://www.thunix.net/gdpr.php), we take security seriously. This is why we use SSH key pairs to grant access to our server through SSH or SFTP.
On our signup page, you'll seen an entry for a "Public SSH Key." SSH key pairs work on the basis of having two files; one is a public key that you can send to us when we create your account, while the other is a private key that you keep on your computer, away from public knowledge. If you're wondering where to find these things, you have to generate them yourself.
Generating SSH key pairs requires software that also allows you to connect to a shell server using SSH (such as OpenSSH or PuTTY). On Windows and UNIX-like operating systems with OpenSSH Client software installed, including all Linux variants, BSD variants and macOS, the terminal command:
`ssh-keygen`
Will generate both the public and private SSH key files for you. You would be prompted for a file name to save the key files as, then a passphrase to help generate the files from. Then, out of the two files, open the public key file (the file with the file suffix \*.pub) in your favourite text editor, copy all its text and paste it in the Public SSH Key section of our signup page when submitting your registration form.
PuTTY handles key generation differently, as the PuTTYGen program is graphical. However, the interface makes key generation very self-explanatory (it simply involves moving your mouse cursor around your screen). The resulting key files can be saved and, as with the public key file saved by OpenSSH's shh-keygen program, open your new public key file in your favourite text editor, copy all its text and paste it in the Public SSH Key section of our signup page when submitting your registration form.
## Logging into Thunix through SSH
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Now that you have an account with us, it's time for you to connect to our server with an SSH client program. On all operating systems using OpenSSH Client, it's a simple matter of opening a terminal and running the command:
`ssh -i [path_to-private_key] [username]@thunix.net`
Where `[path_to-private_key]` is the directory path to your previously generated private SSH key and where `[username]` is the username you registered when signing up for our services.
Logging into your account with PuTTY is also quite simple. When you first run PuTTY, simply fill in `[username]@thunix.net` as your host name, where '[username]` is the username you registered when signing up for our services. Then, in the Category column of PuTTY's interface, expand the SSH category, select the Auth category and look for a text field called Private Key for Authentication; click on the Browse button, open the private key that you generated earlier and click on the Open button at the bottom of the program window.
If everything has been done correctly, you should see a BASH terminal prompt; you're not logged into Thunix!