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Set up Your Email Client

Once you have chosen an email client, you will need to set it up.

Email Client Settings

Use the settings in the chart below to connect with your email client from on or off campus:

Incoming (IMAP)

server: imap.buffalo.edu

port: 993

client setting: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer protocol)
Incoming (POP)

Server: pop.buffalo.edu

port: 995

client setting: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer protocol)
Outgoing (SMTP)

server: smtp.buffalo.edu

port: 25

client setting: TLS (Transport Layer Security protocol)

 

    OR


server: smtp.buffalo.edu

port: 465

client setting: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer protocol)
Directory (LDAP)

ldap.buffalo.edu

Search Base/Root: o=University at Buffalo, c=us

Find Instructions for Configuring a Specific Email Client

Choose your operating system to see configuration instructions for your email client:

Windows email clients

  • Thunderbird
  • Outlook 2007
  • Outlook 2010

Macintosh email clients

  • Thunderbird
  • Outlook 2011

Linux email clients

  • Thunderbird

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