To receive your Email sent to
@aem.umn.edu,
@ie.umn.edu,
@me.umn.edu,
@struc.ce.umn.edu,
this is what you should know.
(note: you are required to read your email as a condition of maintaining an account with us)
See the below for the server names you should use
The server name is: imap.enet.umn.edu.
It supports TLS connections on the native port (143).
It supports SSL connections on the alternate port (993).
It DOES NOT support Non-SSL IMAP (port 143).
For incoming e-mail - Enet recommends using the IMAP protocol, Server: imap.enet.umn.edu using TLS on port 143
The server name is: pop.enet.umn.edu.
It supports TLS connections on the native port (110).
It supports SSL connections on the alternate port (995).
It DOES NOT support Non-SSL POP (port 110).
For incoming e-mail - Enet recommends you DO NOT use POP as it will remove all your messages from your inbox. IMAP can do nearly EVERYTHING pop can do (IMAP is a newer protocol), including read mail offline.
The server name is: smtp.enet.umn.edu,
Enet recommends using TLS, on port 587 (Mozilla, Thunderbird, Netscape 7+, Eudora 6.1+) .
If you have an older email client that does not support TLS but uses the older SSL protocol, use port 465 (Outlook, Outlook Express, Old Netscape [6 or less]).
The mail server supports authentication from anywhere (with your AEM/ME/IE/STRUC unix username and password) but REQUIRES TLS/SSL be turned on before it will allow authentication.
Increasing numbers of Internet providers are blocking the standard SMTP port 25. So we suggest you DON'T use it (We do support TLS on this port as well).
The University of Minnesota also has an authenticated mail relay smtp.umn.edu which will require you to use your X500 username and password to send mail but can be used from anywhere (it also supports port 587 [SMTP-TLS] and 465 [SMTP-SSL]).
The outgoing mail-server should be your ISP's outgoing mail-server.
If you are in the University of Minnesota network, connecting with a University of Minnesota dial up connection or through the Univeristy of Minnesota VPN service you should use one of the Authenticated Outgoing Mail Servers above.
We also have a Web page you can use to check and send mail; however, we recommend that you use a mail client (like Mozilla, Netscape, Thunderbird, Mutt, or Pine) instead as they will be much faster (and more reliable).
The WebMail is available here (WARNING - IT DOES NOT SUPPORT LARGE ATTACHMENTS - anything over 4 MB):
NOTE: You can set up forwarding to another account through our webmail server.
https://www.mail.enet.umn.edu/
For other questions, problems, or support see the MEnet Staff page