Secure IMAP for Eudora
As of December 12th, 2007, NSIT will no longer support Eudora. This program was discontinued by its manufacturer, Qualcomm. While Eudora may continue to work with NSIT's servers, we cannot guarantee reliable performance. The walkthroughs here are provided as a courtesy only.
The recommended and supported solution for accessing your NSIT email account is Mozilla Thunderbird, as configured by the NSIT Connectivity Package. You can pick up the Connectivity Package free of charge from the ID & Privileges Office or the NSIT Solution Center.
Configuration Instructions
To connect with NSIT email servers, use Eudora version 6.2 or higher. These instructions were written with Eudora 6.2 in mind. They assume they you have just installed Eudora and have not configured anything yet. To get started, open Eudora.
- A dialog box welcoming you to the New Account Wizard should appear when you open Eudora. Click Next to continue.
- Click on the radio button that says "Skip directly to advanced account setup". Then click Finish.
- Next, you'll see the Account settings for your Dominant personality.
- For "Real Name" put your full name.
- For "Return Address" put your @uchicago.edu email address.
- Put your CNetID in the "Login Name" field.
- For "SMTP Server" put authsmtp.uchicago.edu. Adjust the "Secure Sockets when Sending" dropdown to "Required, Alternate Port."
- Now click on the "Incoming Mail" tab.
- For "Server" put imap.uchicago.edu
- For Configuration, select IMAP.
- Click on the dropdown menu for "Secure Sockets when Receiving" and set it to "Required, Alternate Port".
- Click OK to save your settings.
- You may get prompted about whether you want Eudora to automatically put junk mail in your Junk mailbox. Click No.
Eudora is now configured to check email securely on NSIT email servers!
Last updated: 10/09/07
