We are planning to update our underlying email system later this month. This will result in a more up-to-date and secure environment for our users.
We will be updating how people can connect to our email system:
1) POP access will no longer be available since it is very inefficient (it requires redownloading all files when getting new messages). If you use POP please change to IMAP; most modern email clients can automatically detect the appropriate settings. If you need more details, below is an example of the settings (click on the image to see a larger version):
2) Our system supports encrypted IMAP access to mail.math.toronto.edu (on port 143) with STARTTLS. Modern email clients support this type of access.
3) Our system supports encrypted message submission to smtp.math.toronto.edu (on port 587) with STARTTLS. Modern email clients support this type of access.
4) We will continue to have webmail access using a slightly updated version of our current Squirrelmail server.
After the update please let requests@math.toronto.edu know if you discover any problems.
