SFU IMAP/POP Cofiguration For Your University E-Mail
Many people like to download their email to their computers, and SFU students can do the same. The university supports several protocols that will allow you to do this, however the documentation is spread out through different places, and hard to find in most cases. So I’ve decided to compile all the information in one place. I won’t provide any step-by-step instructions for a specific mail client like Outlook, because there is just too many to document. But if you know what you are doing, the following information will be enough for you. If something is not working, make sure you have turned encryption ON!
Receiving
For receving your email, SFU has two options: IMAP and POP. IMAP shows all your folders as if it was local mail, while POP just downloads the messages from the inbox to your mail client. You choose the one that you prefer.
IMAP
Server: imap.sfu.ca
Port: 143
Encryption: TLS
Username: Your SFU Computing ID
Password: Your SFU Password
POP
Server: popserver.sfu.ca
Port: 110
Encryption: TLS
Username: Your SFU Computing ID
Password: Your SFU Password
Sending (SMTP)
Server: mailgate.sfu.ca
Port: 465
Encryption: SSL
This SMTP server requires authentication
Username: Your SFU Computing ID
Password: Your SFU Password
Thanks for your tutorial.
Also, when downloading emails with encryption, the secure POP3 is using port 995, and secure IMAP is on 993.
Thanks for the information.
Only when connected through a secure link, the pop3 is on port 995, and imap listens on port 993.
Thanks!
Thanks for posting this, it’s so hard to find these setting summarized nicely in SFU’s help pages. Just thought you should know though that SFU has gone to their new email suite, so the imap server should be:
newimap.sfu.ca
and the pop server should be:
newpop.sfu.ca
All else remains the same.
Also note that all email received after Dec 25, 2008 is only delivered to the new email suite, accessible through connect.sfu.ca or an email client with the settings above.
Very nice, I was able to get it going even with “limited” knowledge of outlook. Thanks a bunch, Google found me the right page haha.
Thanks for supplying these instructions. SFU’s IT page should make an effort and include these pointers on their website.
Thanks for posting this!!
SFU’s website is useless
Thanks for your hard work,
it is much appreciated 😀
-Richard
Another “thanks.”
I am having a graduate account @alumni.sfu.ca
Does the above setting stay the same? I tried but it couldnt get connected.
What about the login name? Just the username? Do I have to include the @alumni.sfu.ca too?
THanks for helping. Really frustrated.
I am getting an Internet Security Warning with the IMAP settings in Outlook 2007. How do I get rid of it?
Thank you so much for instructions!
What should be the outgoing server (SMTP)?
Thanks!! I set this up on my android (Photon 4g with Gingerbread) and only had to use these settings:
Settings –> Accounts –> Add Account –> Corporate Sync
Email address: your_login@mail.sfsu.edu
Password: your_password
Username: your_login@mail.sfsu.edu
Use secure connection: checked
and that’s it, everything else set itself up automatically. Afterwards just open the E-mail app to check your sfsu email!