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Changing your IMAP Settings for Cyrus

The implementation of Cyrus mailservers may require changes in how your email client application is configured, so that you can continue to be able to access your subscribed folders via IMAP on the new mailservers. "Root folder" or "IMAP path" settings currently configured as "~/mail/" must be changed for e-mail client applications using IMAP to access central campus accounts.

Note: If the "Root folder" or "IMAP path" settings of your client application are undefined or blank, you do not need to make any changes.

Instructions for each supported mail client application are listed below.

• Apple Mail:
  

  From the Mail menu, select Preferences. Click Accounts on the Preferences toolbar. Select your UCD IMAP account from the list on the left. Click the Advanced tab. In the IMAP Path Prefix field (indicated by the green arrow in the picture to the right), type mail/. If the value "~/mail/" is already in this field, simply delete the first two ("~/") characters. Close the Preferences window and save your changes.

• Entourage:
  

  From the Tools menu, select Accounts. The Accounts window will appear. Select your IMAP account from the list and click the Edit button. Click the Options tab. In the Root Folder field (indicated by the green arrow in the picture to the right), type mail/. If the value "~/mail/" is already in this field, simply delete the first two ("~/") characters. Close the Accounts window.

• Eudora:

  Note: These instructions assume you only have only one Eudora "Personality".

  • OS X:
    

    From the Eudora menu, select Preferences. The Settings window will appear. From the list of items in the left pane of the window, select Checking Mail. In the Location prefix field (indicated by the green arrow in the picture to the right), type mail/. If the value "~/mail/" is already in this field, simply delete the first two ("~/") characters. Click OK.

  • Windows:
    

    From the Tools menu, select Options. The Options window will appear. From the list of items in the left pane of the window, select Incoming Mail. In the IMAP Mailbox Location Prefix field (indicated by the green arrow in the picture to the right), type mail/. If the value "~/mail/" is already in this field, simply delete the first two ("~/") characters. Click OK.

• Outlook:
  

  From the Tools menu, select E-Mail accounts. Select View or change existing e-mail accounts and click Next. Select your IMAP account from the list and click Change. Click the More Settings button. The Internet E-mail Settings window will appear. Click the Advanced tab. In the Root folder path field (indicated by the green arrow in the picture to the right), type mail/. If the value "~/mail/" is already in this field, simply delete the first two ("~/") characters. Click Next, then Finish.

• Outlook Express:
  

  From the Tools menu, select Accounts. From either the All or Mail tabs, select your IMAP account from the list and click the Properties button. The account's Properties window will appear. Click the Advanced tab. In the Root folder path field (indicated by the green arrow in the picture to the right), type mail/. If the value "~/mail/" is already in this field, simply delete the first two ("~/") characters. Click the Close button to complete the change.

• Thunderbird:

  Note: The instructions and windows are the same for both Windows and Mac OS X clients.

  From the Tools menu, select Account Settings. In the account list pane on the left, select Server Settings under the account name. Click the Advanced button. The Advanced Account Settings window will appear. In the IMAP server directory field (indicated by the green arrow in the picture to the right), type mail/. If the value "~/mail/" is already in this field, simply delete the first two ("~/") characters. Click OK to exit the Account Settings window.