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Tools
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Would you like to access your email without using the Lotus Notes client?
If you have an
email client you prefer to Lotus Notes, you can use it with the Lotus Domino
email servers, as they support several different standards. You could use
Thunderbird, Eudora, Mac OS Mail, Outlook or many others.
Generally the other email clients are fairly easy to setup if you consult your
email client's help files and follow the instructions there. You can use either
IMAP or POP clients with the following settings (and caveats..)
IMAP
If your mail client uses the IMAP protocol, server settings are:
- Incoming mail server:
Staff/faculty: imap.rhsmith.umd.edu
Students:
students.rhsmith.umd.edu
- Outgoing mail server:
All:
smtp.rhsmith.umd.edu
Your username and password are the same as your iNotes login (used to access
your Lotus Webmail). Authentication is required for outbound emails (same
username/password combination as used for incoming email).
NOTE: With IMAP your email is stored on both the server and in your local (IMAP)
client, so if you use an IMAP client remember to monitor your mailbox size to
prevent you from reaching your mailbox quota. What you delete in your IMAP
client will be deleted on the server. You will continue to be able to see all
the messages stored on the server when you use iNotes or the Lotus Notes
client. The server side copy of your mailbox will continue to be backed up.
POP
If your mail client uses the POP protocol, server settings are:
- Incoming Mail Server:
Staff/faculty: pop.rhsmith.umd.edu
Students:
students.rhsmith.umd.edu
- Outgoing Mail Server:
All:
smtp.rhsmith.umd.edu
Your username and password are the same as your iNotes login (used to access
your Lotus Webmail). Authentication is required for outbound emails (same
username/password combination as used for incoming email).
Note: With POP clients, you are downloading your email to your local client and
therefore your data will not be backed up. You will be responsible for
backing up your local data in your email client. Additionally, if you login into
iNotes to look at your email, you will only see new messages that you have not
yet downloaded to your local client. Instructions
Instructions on how to set up IMAP using Thunderbird and Outlook Express are
provided in the below links. (Right-click on the link and "Save Link
As..." to save a copy of the instructions onto your local PC.)
Setting up Thunderbird to download email via IMAP.pdf
Setting
up Outlook Express using IMAP.pdf
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