Mail Clients

Common E-mail Clients:

Microsoft Outlook

  1. Click on the Tools menu and select E-mail Accounts. Choose Add a new e-mail account and click Next.
  2. Select either POP3 or IMAP.
  3. Enter your User and Logon information. For incoming mail server, enter imap.cims.nyu.edu. For outgoing mail server enter smtp.cims.nyu.edu or smtp.cs.nyu.edu, depending on which domain you want to appear in the return address. Make sure Log on using Secure Password Authentication is NOT checked. Click on More settings.
  4. For connections outside of NYU, click on the Outgoing server tab, and select My Outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. Select Use the same settings as my incoming mail server.
  5. Click on the Advanced tab. For the incoming server, select This server requires a secure connection (SSL). For connections outside of NYU, select this for the outgoing server as well. If you have trouble sending mail from outside of NYU, please refer to this page.

Apple Mail

  1. Go to the Mail menu and select Preferences. Click on Accounts, then click on the + sign in the lower left corner to add a new account. For Account Type, select IMAP or POP. Give the account a description, enter your name and email address and click Continue.
  2. For the incoming mail server, enter imap.cims.nyu.edu, and enter your user name in the field provided, but do not enter your password yet. Click Continue - allow the connection check to time out, and then click Continue.
  3. Check the box for Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and for Authentication, select Password. Click Continue.
  4. For the Outgoing Mail Server, enter smtp.cims.nyu.edu or smtp.cs.nyu.edu, depending on which domain you want to appear in the return address. Click Continue.
  5. Now that the account has been created, click on Advanced. If you setup an IMAP account, enter "mail" (without quotes) in the IMAP Path Prefix field. If you set up a POP account, you can set your preferences regarding mail left on the server in this section.
  6. If you are outside of NYU, click on Account Information and then Server Settings in the Outgoing Mail Server section. Check the box next to Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), for Authentication, select Password and enter your username and password in the fields provided. If you have trouble sending mail from outside of NYU, please refer to this page. 

Mozilla Thunderbird

  1. Go to the Edit menu and select Account Settings. Click Add Account. Select Email Account, click Next and enter your name and email address and select manual configuration.
  2. For the Incomming Server use the following values:
    • Protocol: IMAP
    • Hostname: imap.cims.nyu.edu
    • Port: 993
    • Connection security: SSL/TLS
    • Authentication method: Autodetect
    • Username: your NetID
  3. For the Outgoing Server use the following values:
    • Hostname: smtp.cims.nyu.edu
    • Port: 465
    • Connection security: SSL/TLS
    • Authentication method: Autodetect
    • Username: your NetID
  4. Click Done

For more information, please see the official Thunderbird Help pages.