IMAP Mail Client Setup

Overview

The CSEE mail servers use a secure connection for incoming and outgoing mail; so you will need to customize your mail client in order to read and send e-mail on your CSEE account. This page explains how to configure your e-mail client for the CSEE Mail Services. This page will discuss Thunderbird and Microsoft Outlook If you use a different client, please refer to your client's documentation. You will need to set up your client for the following services:

Service	Server name	Port
Secure IMAP	imap.cs.umbc.edu	993
Secure POP	imap.cs.umbc.edu	995
Secure SMTP	smtp.cs.umbc.edu	25

Thunderbird (Windows/MacOS/Linux)

1. If you have no email accounts configured the 'New Account' dialog will automatically open. [1]
   If you already have accounts in Thunderbird and are simply adding CSEE mail to Thunderbird open the 'New Account' dialog by clicking on the 3 horizontal bars (menu button) and select 'Preferences' -> 'Account Settings...' then 'Account Options' -> 'Add Mail Account' [2]
2. Fill in your name, csee username and your password. Thunderbird will attempt to automatically detect the proper settings, but it will not work. Manually, change the settings. [3]

	Server Hostname	Port	SSL	Authentication
IMAP	imap.cs.umbc.edu	993	SSL/TLS	Normal Password
SMTP	smtp.cs.umbc.edu	587	STARTLS	Normal Password

3. If the 'Done' box becomes grayed out, click in one of the 'Authentication' boxes and select 'Normal Password' again. This should re-enable the button.

Email is now set up--check for new messages by clicking the "Get Mail" button.

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  New Account dialog when no accounts are configured
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  How to access the New Account dialog with existing accounts are in Thunderbird
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  All the settings in their respective fields

Adding LDAP support

Adding LDAP support allows Thunderbird to auto-complete email address of people who are in the UMBC system.

1. Access the menu, the three horizontal bars in the upper right -> preferences -> preferences [1]
2. Select the "Composition" tab and then the "Addressing" sub-tab. Click on "Edit Directories..." [2]
3. Select "Add" to add a new LDAP server.
4. Fill in the following information [3]

   Name: UMBC LDAP

   Hostname: directory.umbc.edu

   Base DN: dc=umbc,dc=edu

5. Click "OK" on the "Directory Server Properties" window
6. Click "OK" on the "LDAP Directory Servers" window
7. Make sure that the checkbox next to "Directory Server" is checked and make sure that the drop down says "UMBC LDAP" [4]
8. Click "OK"

That's its, you are all set up for LDAP

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  Accessing the preferences
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  The "Addressing" sub-tab under the "Composition" tab
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  The required settings for LDAP
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  Selecting the new LDAP server

Alpine

Alpine's default access method uses direct access to your mail spool in /var/mail. A bug in Linux prevents this from actually working. The solution is to manually configure alpine to use IMAP.

Edit the line beginning with inbox-path= and the line beginning with folder-collections= in ~/.pinerc (replace USERNAME with your UMBC username):

inbox-path={imap.cs.umbc.edu/user=USERNAME/ssl/NoRsh/IMAP}inbox
folder-collections=Mail {imap.cs.umbc.edu/user=USERNAME/ssl/NoRsh}[]

Alpine can also use the UMBC LDAP server to search for names and email addresses. This support can be added by editing the line beginning with ldap-servers= in ~/.pinerc (this is all one line):

ldap-servers=directory.umbc.edu:389 "/base=dc=umbc,dc=edu/binddn=/impl=0/rhs=0/ref=0/nosub=0/tls=0/tlsm=0/type=/srch=/time=/size=/cust=/nick=/matr=/catr=/satr=/gatr="

Every time alpine is run, a prompt will ask for your password to be entered.