This weekend we will start upgrading Reiknistofnun’s mail server. The old mail server will be replaced with a new server, which is much faster and more reliable.

We need to move all emails from the old server to the new one, which will be done by night in the following weeks. Users should not experience any disturbance while we are upgrading the system.

If you think your email client is not working properly after the upgrade, there are some useful answers you can read here below:

Thunderbird is a client for e-mail, calendar, address book and more. Below are instructions on how to connect Thunderbird with the University's server.

The video below shows some additional settings for thunderbird. This is only
recommended if you are running Thunderbird on a slow computer or a
computer with small disk space.

This video shows how to manage identities in Thunderbird so you can send from an Institution name or a Project name and how the reply address can be changed as well.

In this video you can see how to download Thunderbird and install it on your computer (Windows).

Thunderbird is a free e-mail client from Mozilla. It is the client we recommend to our users and it is easy to install and easy to setup you University's account.

We have made some instructions on how to use Thunderbird: