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This page is about the Cyrus mail system. If you use Outlook and CUIT’s Exchange server, you can use Cubmail or other clients to see Cyrus Public Folders.


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PUBLIC FOLDERS

Public Folders are mailboxes that are not part of any user’s account. They are "public" because they are not in private space belonging to a particular user. Each public folder can be seen only by those users who have access rights to see it, and that can range from all users on the system (like ~ Public Folders.bboard) down to only one person.

You will see listed under ~ Public Folders only the public folders that you have access to.


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HIERARCHIES

Public folders are arranged in a hierarchy or tree structure. The first level directly under ~ Public Folders corresponds to university organizations like departments and clubs. The purpose of grouping folders into hierarchies is to enable the appropriate people in the organization to control their mailboxes themselves.

The names in the first level under ~ Public Folders are modelled on the www.columbia.edu/cu/ web tree and on subdomains of columbia.edu. This first level is (or can be) a mailbox, and its Access Control List determines who has the a administer right. With the administer right you can control who has access to the mailboxes, create more mailboxes, and remove mailboxes.

CUIT staff create a new first level on request, and establish an Access Control List. The staff of the organization can then control that space.


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NAMES

Below are the first level names that currently exist under ~ Public Folders. When you want a public folder, see whether your department or club already has a first level, and if so maybe someone in your organization can already create new public folders under it. If not or if you want any help, please contact CUIT.

abc                 Activities Board at Columbia                        
admin               University Administration                           
ages                Association of Graduate Economics Students          
alice               Alice (Health Services at Columbia)                 
amassembly          American Assembly                                   
amst                American Studies Program                            
anthropology        Department of Anthropology                          
apam                Dept of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics  
arch                Grad Sch of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
arthistory          Department of Art History and Archaeology           
arts                School of the Arts                                  
astro               Department of Astronomy                             
avservices          Audiovisual Services                                
bachsoc             Bach Society                                        
bboard              University Bulletin Board                           
bec                 Center for Bioethics                                
bgcu-md             Ben-Gurion University / Health Sciences M D program 
biocep              Bioethical Cross-cultural Educational Program       
bme                 Department of Biomedical Engineering                
business            Columbia Business School                            
canterburyclub      Canterbury Club                                     
cardiology          Div of Cardiology                                   
ccc                 Comprehensive Cancer Center                         
cce                 Center for Career Education                         
ccnmtl              Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning 
ccp                 Dept of Counseling and Clinical Psychology (TC)  
cdm                 College of Dental Medicine                          
cdrs                Center for Digital Research and Scholarship         
cds                 College of Dental Medicine                          
ce                  School of Continuing Education                      
ceio                Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation (TC) 
ceoi                Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation (TC) 
cerc                Center for Environmental Research and Conservation  
ces                 Council for European Studies                        
cfpo                Columbia Faculty Practice Organization              
cgt                 Committee on Global Thought                         
chemistry           Department of Chemistry                             
ci                  Community Impact                                    
cise                Center for Integrated Science and Engineering 
civil               Dept of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
cjs                 Center for Jazz Studies                             
classics            Department of Classics                              
cmsc                Columbia Music Scholarship Conference               
cmts                Columbia Musical Theater Society                    
college             Columbia College                                    
commencement        Commencement (university-wide)                      
controller          Office of the Controller                            
copyright           Copyright Advisory Office                           
csr                 Columbia Science Review                             
cssn                Columbia Student Solidarity Network                 
cssr                Center for the Study of Science and Religion        
cuarts              Columbia University Arts Initiative                 
cuathletics         Columbia University Athletics                       
cubhis              Columbia U Biomedical and Health Information Service
cue                 Columbia Urban Experience                           
cuit                Columbia University Information Technology          
cul                 Columbia University Libraries                       
cumc                Columbia University Medical Center                  
cup                 Columbia University Press                           
cusj                Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal              
derc                Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center              
dkv                 Digital Knowledge Ventures                          
e3b                 Dept of Ecology, Evolution, & Environmental Biology
earthinstitute      The Earth Institute at Columbia University          
easia               East Asian Institute                                
economics           Department of Economics                             
english             Department of English and Comparative Literature    
eoaa                Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action  
epidemiology        Department of Epidemiology                          
escience            Escience                                            
evpresearch         Office of the Executive Vice President for Research 
excel               Excel Ministries                                    
externalaffairs     Office of External Affairs                          
fachouse            Faculty House                                       
fieldhockey         Field Hockey                                        
finance             Finance Division                                    
fm                  Facilities Maintenance                              
french              Department of French and Romance Philology          
gc                  Office of the General Counsel                       
genetics            Department of Genetics and Development              
german              Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures    
gs                  School of General Studies                           
gsac                Graduate Student Advisory Council                   
gsas                Graduate School of Arts and Sciences                
health              Health Services                                     
helvidius           Helvidius Group                                     
heymancenter        Heyman Center for the Humanities                    
history             Department of History                               
housing             Undergraduate Housing                               
hr                  Human Resources                                     
humanrights         Center for the Study of Human Rights                
iijs                Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies             
irb                 Institutional Review Board                          
irwag               Institute for Research on Women and Gender          
isso                International Programs and Services                 
italian             Department of Italian                               
jrn                 Journalism School                                   
jsu                 Hillel                                              
law                 Columbia Law School                                 
lernerhall          Lerner Hall                                         
mailman             Mailman School of Public Health                     
mealac              Dept of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
mece                Dept of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering
msa                 Muslim Students Association                         
music               Department of Music                                 
nonsequitur         Nonsequitur                                         
nursing             School of Nursing                                   
omb                 Office of Management and Budget                     
opg                 Research Administration                             
ophthalmology       Department of Ophthalmology                         
pathology           Department of Pathology                             
pediatrics          Department of Pediatrics                            
philosophy          Department of Philosophy                            
pi                  New York State Psychiatric Institute                
polisci             Department of Political Science                     
popfam              Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
president           Office of the President                             
provost             Office of the Provost                               
ps                  College of Physicians and Surgeons                  
psychiatry          Department of Psychiatry                            
psychology          Department of Psychology                            
publications        University Publications                             
publichealth        Mailman School of Public Health                     
publicsafety        Public Safety                                       
radiology           Department of Radiology                             
registrar           University Registrar                                
religion            Department of Religion                              
resprog             Residential Programs                                
roadrunners         CU Road Runners                                     
roosevelt-corresp   Roosevelt Institute                                 
sae                 Formula SAE                                         
seas                Fu Foundation Sch of Engineering and Applied Science
senate              University Senate                                   
sergievsky          Sergievsky Center                                   
sfs                 Student Financial Services                          
shac                Student Health Advisory Committee                   
sipa                School of International and Public Affairs          
siwps               Salztman Institute of War and Peace Studies         
skating             Figure Skating Club                                 
societyoffellows    Society of Fellows in the Humanities                
sociology           Department of Sociology                             
spam                Spam Mailbox                                        
spanish             Department of Spanish and Portuguese                
ssw                 School of Social Work                               
stepteam            Step Team                                           
studentaffairs      Division of Student Affairs                         
studentservices     Student and Administrative Services                 
taub                Taub Institute                                      
tc                  Teachers College                                    
uclientservices	    University Client Services
udar                University Development and Alumni Relations         
upe                 University Programs and Events                      
vpas                Office of the Vice President for Arts and Sciences  


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MAIL DELIVERY

Mail delivery to a ~ Public Folder is allowed by giving the p (post) acl to the special user anyone. Delivery cannot be restricted to certain senders.

Email alias. You can ask CUIT for an email address (alias) for a public folder, to provide a short and memorable name. bboard@columbia.edu is an example. The address does not need to be the same name as the public folder.

Plus addressing. Mail can also be sent to any public folder using an address constructed in the form cu+foldername@columbia.edu. For example you could send mail to bboard by addressing cu+bboard@columbia.edu. If the public folder is nested, use dots to separate the parts; for example cu+cuit.test@columbia.edu.




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