Sending Email from Off-campus

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Sending Email from Off-campus

Those emailing from on-campus (at Haverford, Bryn Mawr, or Swarthmore), or entering our network from off-campus with VPN or through our dial-in server should configure their email client as explained in the web page Install and Configure an IMAP Email Client. However, other off-campus email users must configure their systems as instructed below.

Select any of the following options to send email from off-campus:

1. Use Webmail and continue to use your Haverford account.
2. Forward mail to another account and use that account.
3. Use Haverford's dial-in server or VPN (Virtual Private Networking) to identify your computer as a remote member of the Haverford community, and use Eudora with the standard on-campus configuration.
4. Configure Thunderbird (or another mail client) to work with your non-Haverford off-campus Internet Service Provider (ISP, as instructed below).

Configure Your EMail Client to Work With a Non-Haverford ISP

This option is recommended only if:

• You have your own computer
• You get a lot of email and will be away from campus for a while
• You have an ISP which allows you to configure your email client as described below. Most ISPs impose restrictions on this. If your ISP imposes restrictions, you can use VPN (Virtual Private Networking) to identify your computer as a remote member of the Haverford community, rather than following the instructions below.

Note: If you use an email client with a non-Haverford ISP, and you do not follow these directions, you will still be able to read all email. However, you will not be able to send email. This is a security measure to prevent individuals unassociated with our campus from using our equipment to send messages anonymously.*

1. Make sure email is already configured to work on-campus. If you are not sure about this, follow the instructions to Install and Configure an IMAP Email Client

2. Find out the name of the SMTP host your Internet Service Provider uses. You should be able to find this by contacting tech support for the Internet provider and asking. If you are using a network on a college campus, ask the computing center.
   
   
3. Configure Thunderbird (or another mail client) with your ISP's SMTP host.
   In Thunderbird you can do this as follows:
   1. From the Tools menu, select Account Settings...
   2. In the section Outgoing SMTP, add your provider's SMTP server.
   3. Make sure that your account(s) are configured to use that SMTP server by selecting each account and selecting the desired SMTP for that account.

*Historical note: The security measures which necessitated this web page were put into affect April 1998. Prior to this time, a number of non-Haverford individuals had been taking advantage of Haverford's mail server to send out mass mailings of junk mail (often called "spams"). Many of these mass mailings were for blatantly illegal scams, and the excess traffic seriously slowed our mail server. Until July 19, 2006, you were able to send email to Haverford addresses from off-campus using your on-campus mail settings. However, this option was disabled to provide additional security.