OFFICE of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Student Email via Google Apps
Before you can configure an email client (Microsoft Outlook, etc…) or your mobile devices, you must first login to your Luther Rice student email account using a desktop computer and internet browser. Login to: https://mycampus.lutherrice.edu, click on QuickLinks, then click on My Mail.
If you have a personal Gmail account, you may need to intentionally Sign Out of Gmail prior to logging in with your new Luther Rice student email account.
Access Gmail via IMAP with your favorite email client or mobile device
How to access your student email account in your email client or mobile device via the IMAP interface:
- Login to Gmail: https://mail.student.lutherrice.edu (or through MyCampus)
- Choose Settings from the top Gmail navigation bar.
- Go to the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- Make sure Enable IMAP is selected under IMAP Access:.
- Click Save Changes.
- Make sure Access for less secure apps is turned on.
NOTE: Accessing Gmail through IMAP lets you label messages, archive them, report spam and more — comfortably.
Set Up your email client for Gmail IMAP Access
Now set up a new IMAP account in your email client:
- Eudora
- iPhone Mail
- Mac OS X Mail
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Outlook 2016/2010
- Outlook 2007
- Outlook Express
- Pegasus Mail
- Windows Live Mail desktop
- IMAP server: imap.gmail.com
- Port: 993
- Require SSL: Yes
- Username: your student Gmail account: firstname.lastname@student.lutherrice.edu
- The account name is your full email address: firstname.lastname@student.lutherrice.edu
- Password: your student email password
- SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
- Port: 465
- Require SSL/STARTTLS: Yes
- Require SMTP authentication: Yes
- Username: your Gmail account name
- Password: your Gmail password
If your email program does not support IMAP or if you prefer to just download newly arriving messages to your computer: Gmail also offers POP access.
Access Gmail via IMAP in Your Email Program or Mobile Device
To access a Gmail account in your email program or mobile device via the IMAP interface. Begin by logging into your Gmail account using a Windows browser (Google Chrome browser offers the best results when accessing Gmail).
After logging into GMAIL using your Windows internet browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc…) then…
- Login to Gmail in an internet browser: https://mail.student.lutherrice.edu
- Choose Settings from the top Gmail navigation bar.
- Go to the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- Make sure Enable IMAP is selected under IMAP Access:.
- Click Save Changes.
- Make sure Access for less secure apps is turned on.
Note: Accessing Gmail through IMAP lets you label messages, archive them, report spam and more — comfortably.
Set Up Your Mobile Email Client for Gmail IMAP Access
Now set up a new IMAP account in your email client:
Use these settings when configuring your mobile Email client.
- IMAP server: imap.gmail.com
- Port: 993
- Require SSL: Yes
- Username: firstname.lastname@student.lutherrice.edu
- Password: your Gmail password
- SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com
- Port: 465
- Require SSL/STARTTLS: Yes
- Require SMTP authentication: Yes
- Username: firstname.lastname@student.lutherrice.edu
- Password: your Gmail password
If your email program does not support IMAP or if you prefer to just download newly arriving messages to your computer:
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