• Description: Can be anything
  
  
• Email Address: UoB email address
  
  
• Full Name: Your Name
  
  
• Incoming Mail Server: staff-imap-srv.bris.ac.uk
  
  
• User Name: UoB username
  
  
• Password: UoB Password
  
  
• Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) popup: if the smtp-auth.bris.ac.uk is in the list, select it, if not it can be added later in Server Settings…
  
  
• Click: Server Settings… and continue configuring

• Outgoing Mail Server: insert smtp-auth.bris.ac.uk if it is not already present
  
  
• Server Port: 587
  
  
• Select: Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  
  
• Authentication: Password
  
  
• User Name: UoB user name
  
  
• Password: UoB password

Configure Apple Mail client to encrypt user name, password, and messages

(installation of Mac OS X 10.4.11 or above is recommended)

see also UoB documentation concerning implementation and configuration

Open Mail's preferences and select Accounts then Account Information

Select Advanced

Default settings appear under Advanced - these should be left as is except:

• Port: set to 993
  
  
• Select: Use SSL
  

Mail is now configured. When you start Mail, you may receive a warning that a security certificate cannot be verified (see UoB FAQ). To avoid these warnings, install the certificate for Mail by following the instructions below.

Server Settings…

Install the Information Services' Certificate Authority Certificate

As stated above, after saving these new email settings each time you start up, you probably receive a message indicating that a security certificate can not be verified. If you wish to avoid this message in the future, you will need to install a UoB certificate that will allow Mail to trust staff-imap-srv.bris.ac.uk. Follow these instructions:

Download the cerificate from:

https://wwws.cse.bris.ac.uk/load-IS-CA.html

• Double-click the certificate file (is-cacert.crt), which will start the Keychain Access application and display a dialog box (right).
  
  
• Use the Keychain pop-up menu to install the certificate in the X509Anchors keychain. Note: Starting with MacOS X 10.5.0, the X509Anchors keychain is used only for legacy applications. Install the certificate in the login keychain with this OS version.
  
  
• Click OK and you will be asked to enter your computer's Administrator (your) password to complete the certificate installation.

Note that FireFox and Internet Explorer will attempt to manage and install the certificate. This won't work correctly for Keychain Access. The file is-cacert.crt must be present as a distinct file on your computer. Downloading with Apple's Safari Browser works.

MS Entourage users. Use of this Email client is discouraged and mileage may vary, but a PDF with a working configuration is described in Entourage.pdf. Note that the author does not use this client.