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| ====== Mail Settings ====== | ====== Mail Settings ====== | ||
| - | ===== Important mail settings ===== | + | These are the essential settings for most mail programs (the terminology may vary within different programs). We have some specific help for configuring Thunderbird, |
| - | These are the essential settings for most mail programs (the terminology may vary within different programs). | + | |
| - | ==== Incoming mail ==== | + | If you don't want to set up a mail program, here's the link to our webmail system: http:// |
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| + | ===== Incoming mail ===== | ||
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| + | Summary of settings: | ||
| * Mail server type: IMAP | * Mail server type: IMAP | ||
| * Server name: mail.physics.umn.edu | * Server name: mail.physics.umn.edu | ||
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| - | * Port 993 | + | * //or you can choose StartTLS on port 143// |
| + | * Authentication method: Normal password | ||
| + | * //note, thunderbird usually auto-detects this incorrectly as " | ||
| - | <box 50%|Detailed Instructions> | + | ===== Outgoing mail ===== |
| - | * [[: | + | |
| - | * [[: | + | |
| - | * [[: | + | |
| - | * [[: | + | |
| - | * [[: | + | |
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| + | For outgoing mail, we recommend you use the central university servers (for which you should consult the university directions). | ||
| + | If you want to use the Physics server for outgoing messages, here are brief directions | ||
| - | ==== Outgoing mail ==== | + | ==== Physics settings for outgoing |
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| - | For outgoing mail, you can either use Physics settings | + | |
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| - | === Physics settings: | + | |
| * Server name: mail.physics.umn.edu | * Server name: mail.physics.umn.edu | ||
| - | * Port: 587 | + | * Select " |
| - | * Select " | + | * Authentication method: Normal password |
| + | * Port 587 | ||
| * Use Physics username and password | * Use Physics username and password | ||
| - | === University settings === | + | For more detailed directions for configuring individual mail programs, consult the [[http:// |
| - | * Server name: smtp.umn.edu | + | |
| - | * Configure using [[http:// | + | |
| - | * Port 587 | + | |
| - | * Select " | + | |
| - | * Use your university X.500 username and password | + | |
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| - | For more detailed directions for configuring individual mail programs, consult the [[http:// | + | |
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| - | ===== POP mail ===== | + | |
| - | POP3 service is also available on the mail server, but is not supported in any way. If you have problems with POP and cannot resolve them yourself, reconfigure your email program to use IMAP as described in these guides. | + | |