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Using POP3 Clients to Access Your Email
In addition to providing
web-based email, the UHV email server also supports
email clients that use Post Office Protocol Version 3
(POP3). Some such email clients are Outlook, Outlook
Express, Eudora, Netscape Mail, and Internet Explorer.
This document will not provide instructions for
specific email clients; rather, it will list the basic
information necessary to configure the client of your
choice.
Account Name or Username
The student account username is the student's
seven-digit PeopleSoft (PS) ID. For complete details on
student accounts, see
Student Account Information.
Password
The initial password will the be student's birth date
in the format of MMDDYYYY. For complete details on
passwords, see
Student Account Information.
Important Note:
New student accounts are set up with pre-expired
passwords meaning the student must change the initial
password to a new password before the account can be
used. Thereafter, the student account password will
expire and require changing 160 days from the date of
the last password change. When using POP3 client,
you will not be notified when your password has
expired. It will simply fail to work
Type of Account
POP or POP3 stands for Post Office
Protocol Version 3, a standard method of copying mail
between a server and an email client.
POP Server
The POP server is stu.uhv.edu. This may also
be referred to as the “incoming SMTP server”.
Outgoing SMTP Server
The outgoing SMTP server is also stu.uhv.edu.
However, due to security restrictions, if you are off
campus, you must use an email client that supports
authentication. If your email client does not support
authentication, you will need to use your Internet
Service Provider’s SMTP server as your outgoing SMTP
server.
Email address
Your UHV student email address is your initials plus a three-digit number followed by "@uhv.edu". For instance, John J. Doe might be "JJD123@uhv.edu". To find out your email address, connect to the UHV Password Self Service site:
http://idhelp.uhv.edu
You may receive a security warning. It is safe to continue.
Select "Update Personal Profile". Login with your UHV student
account username and password. (This is the same username and password
that you used to login to email, but do not enter "uhv\" in front of your username.)
The information displayed will be your first name, last name, username and email address.
Return address
Your return address is the same as your email address.
Deleting Email from Server
The default setting on most POP3 clients is to delete
email from the server once it has been downloaded to
the client. If you are using Outlook or Outlook Web
Access the majority of the time to access your email
and use POP3 only occasionally, then you do not want
to delete email from the server. If you do delete
email from the server, then the next time you use
Outlook or Outlook Web Access, those messages will not
be in your Inbox.
However, if you will be using a POP3 client as your
sole means of checking your email, then your email
client should be configured to delete the email from
the server. If you download your email from the server
but never delete it from the server, you will
eventually run out of room on the server.
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