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== Common Email Applications ==
'''Microsoft Outlook''' - Bundled with Microsoft Office. This can be obtained by going to [http://software.cs.vt.edu software.cs.vt.edu], selecting College of Engineering, and entering your PID/VT Password.

'''Thunderbird''' - Standalone Mail Client. Free. Common Competitor to Outlook. Available at [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird].

'''Apple Mail & Windows Mail''' - Default program's included with the operating system. (Guide's not included)

== CS Email ==
The Department of Computer Science hosts our own mail server. Access to this system is intended for Faculty and Staff ('''Note:''' Grad students do not maintain a CS email address except by request.)
  
=== Account Creation ===
To create an account go to https://admin.cs.vt.edu/create and log in with your Virginia Tech ID. The same method will work if you have forgotten your password.

=== Set up Outlook ===
If this is your first time running out look you will be greeted with a Wizard. 

If it is not your first time, open outlook -> click file -> select account settings -> select manage profiles -> select email accounts -> then click new account. 
#Select manual setup, click next
#Select 'POP or IMAP'
#Input your Name and CS - Email address
#Select IMAP, Incoming mail server (mail.cs.vt.edu), outgoing mail server (smtp.cs.vt.edu)
#Input your '''PID''' as your username and '''CS Password''' as Password. 
#Select more Settings -> Advanced Tab
#Select SSL for both Ports, Incoming port should be '''993''', out going port should be '''465'''
#Switch to the Outgoing server Tab: Put a Check in: My outgoing server requires Authentication, and select use same settings as my incoming mail server.
#Apply the changes and close the window, then click next. Outlook should send a test message. Click finish.

=== Set up Thunderbird ===

==Exchange Email==
If you decide to use the default Android or iOS mail apps instead of the Microsoft Outlook app, please make sure you adjust your settings to the following:

 Email: pid@vt.edu
 Server: outlook.office365.com
 Domain: hokies
 User Name: pid@vt.edu
 Password: your hokies password

== VT Gmail ==
After the Google Announcement last year, the university has decided to move away from Google Mail. Going forward all new accounts will be Exchange based.

== Forwarding ==

===CS Account -> Another Email Address===
#Go to [http://admin.cs.vt.edu admin.cs.vt.edu]
#Log in with your SLO Account
#Select ⯈My Account
#Select ⯈My Email
#Put a check mark in Enable Forwarding to:
#In the box below it type in the Email Address for the other account
#Click update Forwarding

===VT Exchange Account -> CS Email Account===
#Log into the Exchange account by going to [http://outlook.com Outlook.com]
#At the top right, click the gear Settings.
#Select Forwarding in the list
#Place a check in forwarding, and enter your CS email address
#If you want a copy of emails kept in Outlook, place a check in keep copy box as wee
#Click save