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ECE accounts come with the ability to send and receive e-mail.  Your e-mail
 
ECE accounts come with the ability to send and receive e-mail.  Your e-mail
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address is '''username'''''@ece.ubc.ca''.  (If you need a departmental account,
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address is '''username'''''@ece.ubc.ca''.  (To obtain an ECE account,
 
please see [[How To Get An Account]].)
 
please see [[How To Get An Account]].)
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Although the department supports several methods for sending and receiving
 
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e-mail, most users will find that the recommendations below will suit
 
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their needs.
 
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==Enable Maildir For Your Account==
 
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'''The instructions below assume that your account is configured to use Maildir
 
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as the mail storage format.'''  Accounts created since 2008 already use Maildir
 
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by default.  If you have an account created in 2007 or earlier, or if you are
 
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unsure whether you are using Maildir, please refer to Maildir Conversion.
 
  
  
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Access your mail using a web browser through https://webmail.ece.ubc.ca/.
 
Access your mail using a web browser through https://webmail.ece.ubc.ca/.
  
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If you receive an '''SMTP:535 5.7.0 Error: authentication failed: authentication failure''' when attempting to send messages, please reset your ECE account password at https://id.ece.ubc.ca
  
 
==Configure Your Email Client==
 
==Configure Your Email Client==
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To read your mail using an e-mail client such as
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[http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird],
 
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[http://www.eudora.com/ Eudora], or
 
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[http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/oe/default.mspx Microsoft Outlook Express], use the settings below.
 
  
  
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Exception for Outlook Express: Use SSL on port 465 instead of TLS on port 587.
 
  
 
[[How To Configure Your Email Client|Specific instructions]] for configuring common email
 
[[How To Configure Your Email Client|Specific instructions]] for configuring common email
 
clients are also available.
 
clients are also available.
  
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==For More Information==
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==See Also==
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Variations on the recommendations above are possible.  For more information,
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* [[SMTP]]
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see [[SMTP]], [[IMAPS]], and [[POP3S]].
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* [[IMAPS]]

Latest revision as of 22:25, 5 February 2023


ECE accounts come with the ability to send and receive e-mail. Your e-mail address is username@ece.ubc.ca. (To obtain an ECE account, please see How To Get An Account.)


Webmail

Access your mail using a web browser through https://webmail.ece.ubc.ca/.

If you receive an SMTP:535 5.7.0 Error: authentication failed: authentication failure when attempting to send messages, please reset your ECE account password at https://id.ece.ubc.ca

Configure Your Email Client

Receive Mail Via IMAPS

Setting Value
Protocol / Server type IMAP
Email address username@ece.ubc.ca
Server hostname imap.ece.ubc.ca
SSL/TLS encryption SSL
Port 993
Authentication type Password (Secure authentication = No)
Username username


Send Mail Via SMTP

Setting Value
Protocol / Server type SMTP
Server hostname mail.ece.ubc.ca
SSL/TLS encryption TLS (Note: Thunderbird use STARTTLS)
Port 587
Server requires authentication Yes
Authentication type Plain (Secure authentication = No)
Username username


Specific instructions for configuring common email clients are also available.

See Also

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