Alumni Helpdesk – Wesleyan University

In this section:

• IMAP settings for conventional Wesleyan accounts (Class of 2008 and earlier)
• POP settings for conventional Wesleyan accounts (Class of 2008 and earlier)
• IMAP settings for GApps accounts (Class of 2009 and later — learn more)
• POP settings for GApps accounts (Class of 2009 and later — learn more)
• How to enable SSL on an existing account
• See an IMAP example setup for conventional accounts

IMAP Settings

Incoming Mail Server
Server name:	username.mail.wesleyan.edu
Port:	993
Secure connection:	SSL
Secure authentication:	No
Outgoing Mail Server
Server name:	username.post.wesleyan.edu
Port:	465
Username:	username
Secure connection:	SSL

Where username is your Wesleyan username, i.e. the part before the @ in your e-mail address. See How to Enable SSL for screenshots.

POP Settings

Incoming Mail Server
Server name:	username.mail.wesleyan.edu
Port:	995
Secure connection:	SSL
Secure authentication:	No
Outgoing Mail Server
Server name:	username.post.wesleyan.edu
Port:	465
Username:	username
Secure connection:	SSL

Where username is your Wesleyan username, i.e. the part before the @ in your e-mail address.

Using a specific application

See the IMAP example setup for a conventional Wesleyan account using the free Mozilla Thunderbird email client.

See How to Enable SSL for screenshots showing how to change these settings in an existing account. If your client is not listed, please contact the software vendor for help with configuring a specific application.