General E-mail Settings

Use of Purdue E-mail services is not restricted to a list of “approved” E-mail clients. Purdue uses standardized E-mail protocols that are usable on almost any E-mail reader. Below are a list of these standard settings.

Purdue Exchange Server Setup

For E-mail clients that can use Exchange Mail Protocol:

  • Incoming Server Type: Exchange
  • Username: Your OnePurdue career account username
  • Password: Your OnePurdue career account password
  • Domain: onepurdue
  • Domain\Username: onepurdue\<career account username>


You can also use IMAP services with a Purdue Exchange email:

  • Incoming Server Type: IMAP
  • Mail Server Name: owa.purdue.edu
  • Incoming Encryption: TLS, port 110
  • Alternative Incoming Encryption Port: SSL, 995


Outgoing Mail Servers is the same for all types of E-mail clients:

  • Outgoing Server Name: smtp.purdue.edu
  • Authentication Type: Plain
  • Outgoing Encryption: TLS, port 587
  • Alternative Outgoing Encryption: SSL, 465
  • Outgoing Authentication On/Off: On
  • Outgoing Authentication Type: Password


MyMail Server Setup

  • Username: Your OnePurdue career account username
  • Password: Your OnePurdue career account password
  • Incoming Server Type: IMAP
  • Incoming Mail Server Name:mymail.purdue.edu
  • Incoming Encryption Type: SSL, port 143
  • Alternative Incoming Encryption Type: TLS, port 993
  • Outgoing Server Name: smtp.purdue.edu
  • Outgoing Encryption: TLS, port 587
  • Alternative Outgoing Encryption: SSL, 465
  • Outgoing Authentication On/Off: On
  • Outgoing Authentication Type: Password
wiki/software/email/settings.txt · Last modified: 2012/04/06 11:22 by David C LeFevre