Please note that, by default, all new CS accounts are configured so that your CS email is
automatically forwarded to your @indiana.edu email address so you will not have email delivered
on the CS mail server. Please see the
associated FAQ for information about email forwarding on the CS systems
and information on how to have your @cs.indiana.edu email delivered locally on the CS mail server.
The CS mail server supports the IMAP and POP protocols (as well as webmail)
so you should be able to read your CS email with any
standard mail client using the following:
Incoming Mail Server: mail.cs.indiana.edu
Secure SSL: REQUIRED
Protocols Supported: Secure IMAP (imaps) and Secure POP3 (pop3s)
Port: 993 (Secure IMAP) or 995 (Secure POP3)
Outgoing (SMTP) Server:
See Associated FAQ
Note that the server ONLY supports
secure SSL IMAP/POP so you must enable this feature in your mail
client configuration.
See the Email Section of the CS FAQ for details on
setting up email for several popular mail programs.
If you configure your mail client
to automatically check for new mail periodically, please set the frequency
to no less than once every 5 minutes (once every 10 minutes is the
recommended setting).
If you attempt to use IMAP or POP without using SSL, your connections
will be refused.
If you are also planning to use the CS mail server as your
outgoing SMTP server, please see the
corresponding FAQ entry
for additional details.
Notes About SSL Certificates
Note that our mail servers are using SSL certificates that are
signed by the local Computer Science Department Certificate Authority.
What this means is that we do not pay a third-party verification service
to confirm that the certificate being used is valid.
As a result, your mail program may inform you that the certificate could not be verified and ask
you if you want to accept it. You must accept the certificate when prompted.
Some mail programs are better at handling these certificates than others
and, in some cases, you may have to manually import the certificate for our
local certificate authority. This certificate is available
here.
