MTL uses two different servers to handle incoming (i.e. receiving) and outgoing (i.e. sending) e-mail. MTL's incoming POP/IMAP server is mtl-pobox.mit.eduwhile it's outgoing mail server is mtl.mit.edu. In addition, MTL only supports secure (i.e. SSL) encrypted connections in order to use it's POP/IMAP services. For outgoing mail, MTL also requires a secure encrypted connection when you're sending mail through MTL from a location outside the local MTL network. This is handled by the secure SMTP Authentication service. Most modern mail clients offer support for both secure POP/IMAP as well as secure SMTP Authentication services. Below you will find instructions on how to configure various popular e-mail clients for both UNIX, Windows and Mac platforms using secure IMAP and SMTP within MTL. While POP is still supported, we encourage the user community to use IMAP in order to take advantage of other services such as MTL spam filtering.
Important: Before you can configure your e-mail client for use with MTL mail services, you need to make sure that the MTL CA certificate has been installed on your system and your mail client is able to use it. For information on installing the MTL CA certificate, please go here
Note: The instructions and any example "screen capture" images provided below were taken using the respective client software that is listed. Steps and screens should be similar for other versions of the program, although they may not be exactly the same as detailed here.
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