Email server settings
MIT Mail SMTP, IMAP & POP3 settings
Use these settings to add your MIT Mail account (mit.edu) to Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, your phone or any app that sends email over SMTP.
Incoming mail
IMAP
- Server
- outlook.office365.com
- Port
- 993
- Security
- SSL/TLS
- User name
- full email address
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0
Outgoing mail
SMTP
- Server
- outgoing.mit.edu
- Port
- 465
- Security
- SSL/TLS
- User name
- part before the @
- Authentication
- Normal password
How to set up MIT Mail in a mail app
- Choose add account → manual setup (or "other account") in your mail app.
- Enter your full MIT Mail email address and password.
- Pick IMAP for incoming mail and enter the server, port and security from the table above.
- Enter the SMTP server for outgoing mail (outgoing.mit.edu, port 465) and enable authentication with the same login.
If the login keeps failing, enable IMAP/POP access in the MIT Mail web settings and use an app password if your account uses two-step verification.
Official help
Settings from the Mozilla Thunderbird ISP database (MPL 2.0), which mail clients use for automatic setup.
MIT Mail email settings: FAQ
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{
"email": "name@mit.edu",
"domain": "mit.edu",
"mx_found": true,
"smtp_check": …,
"free": …,
"disposable": false,
"state": "…"
}