Email Help

To read your University email, you must have:

An active email account
- New Students/Faculty/Staff: Read about and activate your UDelNet account. (UD PIN required for account activation.)
- After activating your account, you may immediately access UD email.

A program that allows you to read and send email

The University of Delaware provides support and assistance for the email software listed below.

You may use other email programs, but the University cannot provide assistance for them.

Software NOT requiring prior computer configuration
Google Apps Mail	- accessible through any Internet Web browser at http://googleapps.udel.edu Google Apps help
Pine	- an alternate mail client for Google Apps Mail How to Use Pine
Central MS Exchange	- For those Faculty/Staff on MS Exchange only, accessible through any Internet Web browser. See MS Exchange help
Software requiring configuration on your computer/device
Thunderbird mail	Google Apps Mail: Configure PC or Mac email client for Google Apps mail
Mac OS X mail	Google Apps Mail: Configure Mac email client for Google Apps mail
MS Outlook on Exchange	How to use Microsoft Outlook with the Exchange server (For those Faculty/Staff on MS Exchange only)
Smartphones	Google Apps mail configuration iPhone setup on MS Exchange (Faculty/Staff only)

Students may forward their UD mail to another email account; however, read these warnings.

Google Apps Mail

General Email Help

Display full email headers:
- in popular email software (from spamcop.net)
- in MS Outlook
Email safe practices
Mailing lists on UD central systems
Prepare email before an extended leave from campus
Reduce SPAM
UD's Dropbox - to exchange files too large to send by email
UD's P.O.Box - to send messages to lists of students (class rosters, major mailing lists, minor mailing lists, etc.)

If you have comments or suggestions about this Web page or see any errors, contact the IT Communication Group.