Apple Mail Configuration for Rice Mail (Cyrus)
Apple Mail for IMAP (or clients like Outlook)
** Organization accounts are managed by the account owner through Rice Online Account Management System: https://mynetid.rice.edu. Mail Settings for setting up Organization account for Mail clients (i.e. Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail)
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
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".
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".
3. Once you modify these settings, click "Save".