Although we support using Outlook, Entourage, and other Microsoft-authored mail readers at Nevis, I don't encourage their use. Unfortunately, for technical and social reasons, the Microsoft mail readers are prone to security problems. Please consider using Thunderbird, Netscape, Eudora, or some other non-Microsoft program instead.
If you use a graphical mail program, here are some items to check in your configuration:
/a/mail/folders/$user
),
this web page tells you how to do it. Note that this is not recommended.
Alternate: your mail identity is <youraccount>, and your mail domain is nevis.columbia.edu.
Alternate: If you wish, you may use any of the following aliases for clarity:
imap.nevis.columbia.edu |
pop3.nevis.columbia.edu |
smtp.nevis.columbia.edu |
Do not use "SPA" or "secure password authentication", which is a different protocol not supported by the Nevis mail server.
nevis.columbia.edu
you must use the
Nevis mail server mail.nevis.columbia.edu
to send mail.
nevis.columbia.edu
.
<account>@columbia.edu
and try to use
mail.nevis.columbia.edu
as your SMTP server; use Columbia's
SMTP server: send.cc.columbia.edu
.
If your mail reader supports it, I highly recommend that you use SSL encryption. This assures that your password is not sent over the network in plain text. Most mail readers (though not all) support this, even Alpine (note the ssl tag in the configuration above).
Aside from selecting the option in your mail reader, you'll have to set or confirm that your mail reader is using the correct ports to access the mail server:
Some sites block off port 25 with their firewall; the goal is to force you to use their mail server. As an alternative, you can try accessing the Nevis mail server via port 587.
You can also use port 465 for SMTP+SSL. Try this if neither ports 25 nor 587 seem to work when sending mail via SSL (Outlook Express is an example).
No matter which ports you use with SSL, you have to bypass certificate validation. If you don't, you may get warning messages about how the Nevis certificate cannot be validated or trusted.