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  • In the Your Name field, enter your name.
  • In the E-mail Address field, enter your Rice e-mail address.
  • In the Account Type drop-down menu, select IMAP.
  • In the Incoming mail server field, enter imap.mail.rice.edu.
  • In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field, enter smtp.mail.rice.edu.
  • In the User Name field, enter your netID. "netID" being your personally assigned Rice username.
  • In the Password field, enter your Rice password.
  • Make sure Remember Password is checked.
  • Make sure Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is unchecked.
  • When you are sure everything is correct, click More Settings Image Added

5. In the General tab:

  • In the Mail Account Name field, enter Rice Mail.
  • In the Organization field, enter Rice University.
  • In the Reply E-mail field, enter your Rice e-mail address
  • When finished, click the tab for Outgoing Server

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6. Place a check in the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. Choose Use same settings as my incoming mail server. When finished, click the tab for Advanced.

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7. In the Advanced tab:

  • For both servers from the Use the following type of encrypted connection: drop-down menu, select SSL.
  • In the Incoming server (IMAP) field, enter 993.
  • In the Outgoing server (SMTP) field, enter 465.
  • In the Root Folder Path field, enter Mail (if the configuration does not work, try leaving this field blank instead). 
  • When finished, click OK.
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8. Click Next.

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10. Click Close.
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11. Click Finish.
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