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Protocols

You can access your mails remotely using your preferred mail client. Our mail server supports the following protocols:

IMAP (Mail reading / managing)

IMAP is a protocol for reading and managing emails remotely, which leaves all the emails stored on the mail server. The mail client just shows you a list of your messages. As this requires only a small data transfer this works well even over a slow connection such as a modem. Only if you request to read a specific email will it be downloaded from the server. The IMAP-Server for your email at D-ITET is called:

imap.ee.ethz.ch

We use Dovecot as IMAP server.

POP (Mail reading)

POP is another protocol for reading mails remotely. When using the POP protocol all your eMail messages will be downloaded from the mail server to your local computer. You can choose to leave copies of your eMails on the server as well. The advantage is that once your messages are downloaded you can cut the internet connection and read your eMail at your leisure without incuring further communication costs. On the other hand you might have transferred a lot of message in which you are not at all interested at this point. The POP-Server for your eMail at EE is called:

pop.ee.ethz.ch

We use Dovecot as POP server. It supports POP over SSL (encryption).

SMTP (Mail posting)

The SMTP protocol is used by the Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) to deliver your eMail to the recipient's mail server. The SMTP-Server for Computers of the D-ITET is called:

smtp.ee.ethz.ch

We use Postfix as SMTP server. It support SSL encryption and SMTP-authentication so that it is possible to use it remotely.