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Check E-mail From Off Campus  
 
Summary: Choose from these two ways to check your UCSD e-mail account from off-campus locations.

If you don't have popmail or UCSD Exchange e-mail, ask your department systems administrator how you can check your e-mail from off campus.

If you What to do
Receive your UCSD e-mail on your home computer through an e-mail application, such as Outlook or Eudora.

Note: You must have a popmail account to use these instructions.
To configure your e-mail application, such as Outlook or Eudora, to check your UCSD e-mail account, follow the steps below. This will affect only the computer you are using.
  • Contact the ACT Help Desk to get your e-mail account information. Call (858) 534-1853 and ask for your:
    • Username
    • Incoming mail server
  • Verify that your Internet connection is working.
  • Follow directions for configuring your account. You will need to know the name of your operating system and e-mail application.
    Note: Be sure to set your preferences to have messages remain on the server.
  • When you complete the directions, you'll see your messages in the e-mail application format.
  • To check your e-mail from this computer in the future, connect to the Internet and open your e-mail application.
Use a Web browser to check your UCSD e-mail from home or a public computer.
  • If you have a popmail account:
    • Open the Web browser and go to UCSD SquirrelMail.
    • Enter your username and password.
    • Choose popmail.ucsd.edu from the list of servers.
    • Click Login to see your e-mail.
    Note: To save messages sent from UCSD SquirrelMail, you must send copies to your e-mail address.

  • If you have an account on the UCSD Exchange service:
    • Open the Web browser and go to the Exchange site.
    • Enter your username and password.
    • Click OK to see your e-mail.

  • If you use another e-mail server, contact your system administrator for instructions.


Questions? Contact the ACT Help Desk, (858) 534-1853.


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