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Follow these steps to update a Windows Mail account to send and receive e-mail using CFU's new mail settings.

Before you start, make sure your CFU e-mail password is at least eight characters long. If it is less than eight characters, click here to continue to the screen below. Enter your current CFU e-mail address and password, then the new password of your choice. Enter the scrambled words in the box indicated then click the Change Password button.

STEP 1   In Windows Mail go to Tools > Accounts.

STEP 2   Highlight your CFU account under Mail and click Properties. If multiple CFU accounts exist, each one will need to be edited individually. Follow these steps for each CFU account.

STEP 3   If your Incoming mail server reads POP3, click on the left screen below. If it reads IMAP, click on the right screen below.

POP3 SETTINGS
STEP 4   Under the Servers tab, change Incoming mail to pop.gmail.com and Outgoing mail to smtp.gmail.com. Add @cfu.net to the e-mail username. Check the box next to "My server requires authentication." Click the Advanced tab to continue to the next step.

STEP 5   Under the Advanced tab, change Outgoing mail to 465 then check the box next to "This server requires a secure connection." Click the OK button, then Close to close the Account window.

STEP 6   Click the Inbox  icon on the left side of your screen and you should see your inbox populate. This may take a few minutes depending on how many messages you have in your inbox.

STEP 7   Click the Send/Receive button to test your account settings. The first time this button is pressed, you may receive older e-mails you have already read including spam messages. This is a one-time occurrence and will not happen each time you press the Send/Receive button.

Click here if an error message appears.

CONGRATULATIONS   You are now able to send and receive e-mail from your cfu.net account using Windows Mail.

IMAP SETTINGS
STEP 4   Under the Servers tab, change Incoming mail to imap.gmail.com and Outgoing mail to smtp.gmail.com. Add @cfu.net to the e-mail username. Check the box next to "My server requires authentication." Click the Advanced tab to continue to the next step.

STEP 5   Under the Advanced tab, change Outgoing mail to 465 then check the box next to "This server requires a secure connection." Click the IMAP tab to continue to the next step.

STEP 6   Click the IMAP tab and uncheck the box next to "Store special folders on IMAP server." Then click OK, then Close to close the Internet Accounts window.

STEP 7   The Show/Hide IMAP folders window may appear, if so, select the inbox icon and click OK. If it does not show up, continue to step 8.

STEP 8   Select the imap.gmail.com folder in the left pane, then select [Gmail] in the right pane. Uncheck the box next to "All Messages" on the highlighted row.

STEP 9   Click the Inbox  icon on the left side of your screen and you should see your inbox populate. This may take a few minutes depending on how many messages you have in your inbox.

STEP 10   Click the Send/Receive button to test your account settings.

Click here if an error message appears.

CONGRATULATIONS   You are now able to send and receive e-mail from your cfu.net account using Windows Mail.