Using E-mail at Eastern University
Last Updated: 12 September 2008
Welcome to Eastern University's e-mail Help Page. Your Eastern University E-mail Account is accessible across the Internet by three means, the first and easiest is through webmail. The second method for accessing your e-mail is via IMAP. Third, you can access your mail through POP. After accessing your e-mail, you can also control the SPAM settings on your e-mail account. Click here for an updated SPAM filter guide. Please see below for various guides on how to best utilize and manage your e-mail account at Eastern.
If the online help does not solve your problem please contact support@eastern.edu.
Secure Webmail
Any person with an Eastern University E-mail account may access their account over the Web. Simply open your web browser, and from Eastern's web site, click on E-net. Then click on the secure Web Mail link, log in and access your e-mail over the web. You may receive and send mail with attachments. You may also lookup users on the Eastern University Directory Server. See our instructions on how to use Webmail here.
Secure IMAP
Secure IMAP may be set up on supported mail programs such as Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, or Netscape Communicator to be able to access your e-mail from any connection to the internet. If not dialed into Eastern University, the Secure IMAP User must set their outgoing SMTP server to Eastern's outgoing server with specific settings. See our instructions on how to use secure IMAP to access your mail here.
Secure POP
POP may be set up on supported mail programs such as Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, or Netscape Communicator to be able to access your e-mail from any connection to the internet. POP differs from IMAP in that it will download your e-mail off of Eastern's mail server onto the computer that you loaded the mail program on. If you do not want to download your e-mails, do NOT choose this option. If not dialed into Eastern University, the Secure POP User must set their outgoing SMTP server to Eastern's outgoing server with specific settings. See our instructions on how to use secure POP to access your mail here.
Methods for Accessing your Eastern e-mail Account:
- Webmail
- Mozilla Thunderbird (can be downloaded for free here)
- Microsoft Outlook (installed with Microsoft Office)
- Netscape Communicator
- Microsoft Outlook Express
The Basics of Using E-mail at Eastern University:
How do I use Eastern's Secure Webmail?
How can I control the SPAM filtering settings on my Eastern University e-mail account?
Mozilla Thunderbird Help:
How do I set up my personal computer for use with Thunderbird for an IMAP mailbox?
How do I set up my personal computer for use with Thunderbird for a POP mailbox? **(Use only if you want to download your e-mails to your personal computer)
Microsoft Outlook Help:
(This is help for the full version of Microsoft Outlook, NOT Outlook Express. If Outlook Express is loaded, please see below.)
How do I set up my personal computer for use with MS Outlook 2003 for an IMAP mailbox?
How do I set up my personal computer for use with MS Outlook 2007 for an IMAP mailbox?
How do I set up my personal computer for use with MS Outlook 2003 for a POP3 mailbox? **(Use only if you want to download your e-mails to your personal computer)
How do I set up my personal computer for use with MS Outlook 2007 for a POP3 mailbox? **(Use only if you want to download your e-mails to your personal computer)
Netscape Communicator Help:
(This software is outdated, we would suggest upgrading to Mozilla Thunderbird.)
How to Manage Your Eastern University E-mail Account in Netscape
How do I set up my Netscape Communicator for use on my personal computer?
How to set Netscape to download a cached copy of Messages for Offline Reading
How to have Netscape Check for Mail every X number of Minutes
Microsoft Outlook Express Help:
(This software is outdated. If Microsoft Outlook is not installed on your computer, we would suggest upgrading to Mozilla Thunderbird.)
How do I set up my e-mail account for use on my personal computer with MS Outlook Express?
