Electronic Mail @ CSUN

Email Configuration Information

Notes: If you use WebMail Direct , no special configuration is necessary. Likewise, the text-based email product Pine Mail requires no configuration.

If you have an email program installed on your computer (such as Outlook or Netscape Mail), you will have to set preferences or establish an account to be able to send and receive CSUN mail using that program. You'll typically enter the CSUN-specific information in a series of dialog boxes or window panes. The information you'll provide is shown below.

Incoming and Outgoing Server Names

• Incoming Email Server Name = imap.csun.edu (for IMAP users) or pop.csun.edu (for POP/POP3 users) — see also "IMAP vs. POP" (below).
• Outgoing Email Server Name = smtp.csun.edu (for all users); you must also set SMTP authentication

Identity

For CSUN connections (on-campus or via dial-up), enter your email address in all address fields as follows.

• Email Address = emailID@csun.edu (as in pat.smith@csun.edu)
• Return Address = emailID@csun.edu (as in pat.smith@csun.edu)
• Reply-to Address = emailID@csun.edu (as in pat.smith@csun.edu) — Note that this entry is not necessary unless the reply-to address is different from the return address.

IMAP vs. POP

The incoming mail server name can be either imap.csun.edu or pop.csun.edu, depending on which protocol (IMAP or POP) you want to use for reading your mail. When you use IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), all incoming mail is retained on the email server and are downloaded to your computer only when you read them. This allows you to see messages in your Inbox wherever and whenever you access email — at the office, "on the road", or at home, for example. Using POP (Post Office Protocol) all new messages are downloaded whether you choose to read them or not. Also, unless you configure POP to "leave messages on server" incoming messages are stored on whatever computer you're using. If you access mail from different computers, you'll see a different selection of messages on each of them.

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