Getting my Uni email through "Mail"

Founder_film · 23 Feb 2007 at 11:46

I have been trying for the last few weeks to get my Plymouth Uni emails to come through Apple's mail app. My laptop got stolen so I gave up but now I have got a replacement through the insurance I really want to get it working. I used to have it working a couple of years ago on my powermac but a friend set it up for me then. Have any of you guys got it working through Mail? I know it works cause I have had it before, I just dont know what servers and settings to use. Any help would be great! Thanks

MagSafe · 23 Feb 2007 at 11:50

Would it not be better to ask your I.T department at uni? Surely they can give you the correct mail server and access details to use.

Founder_film · 23 Feb 2007 at 11:55

Yes of course but I am not in Plymouth at the mo and want to get it up and running. No worries I will just ask them when I got back on monday.

M0KUJ1N · 23 Feb 2007 at 12:57

They probably have instructions online on their web page (probably in the "intranet" part of the site, having had a poke around)

Matt · 23 Feb 2007 at 13:37

Didn't they stop allowing this a few years ago? I might be wrong, but i thought they did...

Will_3rd · 23 Feb 2007 at 13:48

I've done it a couple of times on Mail.app it's as easy as pie. Just fill in the fields and your away.

MichaelHo · 23 Feb 2007 at 14:50

I am at two dif unis atm and i have both email accounts running on mail.
both uses IMAP settings. I just googled the imap settings, something like "accessing plymouth email externally"

something along them lines.

punky_munky · 23 Feb 2007 at 15:05

Yeah it can be done quite easily. It made mail crash a fair bit for me though

BTW - lots of Plymouth students I notice.

Founder_film · 23 Feb 2007 at 18:03

Just got this working, I had the servers wrong, I shortened the addresses and it seems to work. See how it goes from here. Thanks guys.