Internal Software and Onboarding Setup

ARC8 Email and Calendar Setup
A tutorial on how to import the new signature version and add arc8 calendars.
Created 05/20/26 First time doing HTML signature

Email Signature Import Windows
We are moving to HTML based email signatures. This allows us to embed hyperlinks on phone number, email, and the ARC8 logo. This will eliminate the error of our signature not loading correctly for some client recipients. 
 Please see the Synology repository for your email signature file. See also: eM Client Download 
 
 
 In the top left corner open the hamburger menu and select Settings  
 
 
 
 2. On that menu it defaults to expanding the general settings menu. Close "General" and open "Mail"  
 
 3. Select "Templates and Signatures" 
 
 
 4. Select the "Signatures..." button 
 
 5. Select "Import" 
 
 
 6. Select your signature file (e.g. "Daniel_Perry_Email_Signature_05-20-26.html") 
 7. Close the "Signatures..." window and be sure to apply your new signature for new mail, replies, and forwards 
 
 8. Select Save & Close in the top left corner of the window and congratulations, you new signature has been applied!

eM Client Calendar Setup
1. Go to the menu in the top left: 
 
 
 2. Add account: 
 
 
 3. Select calendar and CalDev: 
 
 
 4. Fill out the information with your Synology login credentials and "https://cloud.arc8productions.com/caldav/": 
 
 
 5. Specify what you want your account to show up as in the calendar view (e.g. Synology Calendar): 
 
 
 6. Click Finished and it should authenticate and show up in your calendar view

ARC8 Email Setup On iOS
This is a tutorial to setup your ARC8 email with the native iCloud Mail app 
 1. Open Settings and select Apps 
 
 Open Settings . Scroll to the bottom and select Apps . 
 2. Select Mail 
 
 Scroll down and click Mail . 
 3. Selct Mail Accounts 
 
 Select the mail accounts sub menu option 
 4. Select Add account 
 
 Below your already added accounts, select Add Account . 
 5. Enter in your ARC8 Email 
 
 Fill in your ARC8 email then click Next . 
 6. Select Add Other Account 
 
 Click Add Other Account . 
 7. Select Mail Account 
 
 Select Mail Account . 
 8. Fill in IMAP settings 
 
 Enter all account information and click Next . 
 Set Host Name to mail.arc8p.com. 
 9. Save IMAP settings 
 
 Click Save button at the top right corner of the screen 
 10. Select Mail 
 
 Select Mail to sync your ARC8 mail 
 Turning on Notes will only sync your iCloud Notes App with other iCloud devices also logged in on your ARC8 email 
 11. Email Appears in Mail App 
 
 Ensure the email appears in the Mail App as another mailbox below your already configured mailboxes.

ARC8 Tasks (Vikunja)

Tasks on Mobile
There are two major options when considering how to have your tasks on the go. There is a mobile app in the app store but it is created by a third-party but has high ratings. An alternative would be to add the website as a web app. 
 To add an the app you have to create an API Token 
 1. Open Settings 
 
 Click the 'Settings' option in the dropdown menu. On tasks.arc8productions.com 
 2. Click API Tokens 
 
 Click the 'API Tokens' option in the settings menu. 
 3. Create API Token 
 
 Click the "+ CREATE A TOKEN" button at the bottom of the screen. 
 4. Select API token access level 
 
 Click the 'FULL ACCESS' button under Quick presets to set the token's permission scope. 
 5. Create API Token 
 
 Click the 'CREATE TOKEN' button at the bottom of the screen to generate the API token. 
 6. Copy API Token 
 
 Scroll to the top of the page and select the newly created API Key starting with tk_... and copy it. 
 7. Open Vikunja app 
 
 Click the Vikunja app icon on the home screen to launch the application. 
 8. Connect to Vikunja server 
 
 Click the "Connect to Vikunja" button 
 9. Enter Server URL and API Token 
 
 Enter the Server URL into the Server URL field and the API token into the API Token field. 
 10. Install Vikunja as a web app 
 
 Open your mobile browser and navigate to tasks.arc8productions.com. Access the browser's context menu settings and select Share . 
 11. Add to Home Screen 
 
 Click the Add to Home Screen option in the browser's context menu. 
 12. Add to Home Screen Confirmation 
 
 Click the blue 'Add' button in the 'Add to Home Screen' dialog 
 13. Both Appear as Native Apps 
 
 Both options appear as native apps on a mobile device.