Dartmouth Home | 

Index | 

Search 

VAN Home  

www.dartmouth.org  

VAN: Services: Email: Access:

Access Alumni Email with your Email Program

This document explains how to set up email software other than BlitzMail to access your Vox Alumni Network email account. You can choose any program that uses the Post Office Protocol (POP3).

Email programs that use POP3 include some World Wide Web browsers like Netscape's Navigator/Messenger and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. There are also stand-alone email programs that use POP3 such as Eudora, Microsoft Outlook, QuickMail, Z-Mail, Pegasus Mail and many others. The email programs provided by national service providers (America Online, CompuServe, Prodigy) also use POP3. Finally, your Internet Service Provider may supply an email program as part of their service. Ask your ISP if their program uses POP3.

If you simply want to forward any email received at your Alumni Email account, follow these instructions.

To set up Outlook click here.
To set up Outlook Express click here.
To set up Netscape Messenger click here.

Part 1: Configuring your POP Mail Reader

If you want to use email software that uses the Post Office Protocol (POP3), you have to find out which of our mail servers your account uses by entering your name and class year in the form below.

Your personal configuration information will appear in the window below.

Now enter the following information into the configuration or preferences of your email program.

• POP Mail Server = "Pop2.Dartmouth.ORG" or "Pop3.Dartmouth.ORG"
• SMTP Server = Provided by your Internet Service Provider
• User ID = your name as it appears in your alumni email address, e.g., "Jane.A.Doe.91"
• From = your full email address, e.g., "Jane.A.Doe.91@alum.dartmouth.org"
• Return Address = your full email address, e.g., "Jane.A.Doe.91@alum.dartmouth.org"
• Leave Messages on Server = Please select the option that deletes messages from the server after you download them.

  (In Eudora, turn off the option to "Leave Messages on Server".)

  (In Netscape Mail, select the option "Messages are removed from the server".)

Here are some sample setups:

Microsoft Outlook (Outlook Express has a similar setup) Open E-mail Accounts from the Tools menu:

Note: Most ISP's require you use their Outgoing SMTP. If not, then it will be exactly the same as the incoming setting. The incoming and/or outgoing can be "pop1.dartmouth.org", "pop2.dartmouth.org", "pop3.dartmouth.org", or "pop4.dartmouth.org" depending on which server you are on. To find out click here.

Make sure not to use SSL.

Do not use SMTP authentication.

Outlook Express Open Accounts from the tools menu:

Note: Most ISP's require you use their Outgoing SMTP. If not, then it will be exactly the same as the incoming setting. Do not use SPA authentication. The incoming and/or outgoing can be "pop1.dartmouth.org", "pop2.dartmouth.org", "pop3.dartmouth.org", or "pop4.dartmouth.org" depending on which server you are on. To find out click here.

Make sure not to use SSL.

Netscape Messenger Open Preferences from the Edit menu:

Note: Most ISP's require you use their Outgoing SMTP. The incoming and/or outgoing can be "pop1.dartmouth.org", "pop2.dartmouth.org", "pop3.dartmouth.org", or "pop4.dartmouth.org" depending on which server you are on. To find out click here.

The incoming and/or outgoing can be "pop1.dartmouth.org", "pop2.dartmouth.org", "pop3.dartmouth.org", or "pop4.dartmouth.org" depending on which server you are on. To find out click here.

Please do not leave messages on the server.

Eudora Coming soon IMAP Configuration coming soon!

Other Questions?

Answers to Frequently Asked Alumni Email Questions are available, or if you have a problem send mail to <techsupport@helpdesk.dartmouth.org> or for password inquiries only send mail to <support@helpdesk.dartmouth.org>.

Top of page