Apple Mail Configuration for Rice Mail (Cyrus)

Instructions on setting up Apple Mail for IMAP

Apple Mail for IMAP (or clients like Outlook)

Mail Settings for setting up Organization account for Mail clients (i.e. Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail)

Mail server info - imap & smtp
Mail Server Information Address  Advanced Settings (Protocol)
SSL Encrypted Connection
 Incoming Mail Server imap.mail.rice.edu  Incoming server (IMAP)  993
 Outgoing Mail Server smtp.mail.rice.edu  Outgoing server (SMTP)  465
 Username organization account username    
 Password   organization account password    

** Organization accounts are managed by the account owner through Rice Online Account Management System: https://mynetid.rice.edu

Apple Mail settings for Rice Mail (Cyrus):

1. The IMAP account setup, click on "Mail" and then "Preferences". You will then click the "Accounts" tab then "Server Settings" tab. Make sure to uncheck the "Automatically manage connection settings" check box to see more options as show below.  Change the Port to "993".

SMTP Mail Settings

2. In the "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)" section, uncheck the "Automatically manage connection settings" check box to see more options as shown below. Make sure to change the port to "465".

Outgoing Settings

3. Once you modify these settings, click "Save".



Keywords:
Apple Mail IMAP 
Doc ID:
112759
Owned by:
NeedsOwner U. in Rice U
Created:
2021-07-30
Updated:
2023-05-03
Sites:
Rice University