email

• webmail
• forwarding
• desktop client

Webmail

Webmail is available at https://mail.chem.ucla.edu/ for non-forwarding accounts.

Please note it is atypical for graduate students, undergraduate students, and postdocs to have webmail mailboxes, but common to have forwarding accounts.

Forwarding Accounts

Change Forwarding Address

To change the address your @chem.ucla.edu email is forwarded to contact itsupport@chem.ucla.edu . It is recommended to use your @g.ucla.edu as your forwarding address.

Sending as Forwarding Account

It is possible to send as the email address associated with a forwarding account if the client used to access the forwarded address allows for it.

• outgoing server: smtp.chem.ucla.edu
• outgoing port/encryption: 587/(START)TLS or 465/SSL
• outgoing authentication type: (normal) password

There are also have specific instuctions for gmail accounts, including @g.ucla.edu accounts.

Desktop Clients

e.g. Outlook, mail.app, Thunderbird

basic settings

• protocol: imap
• incoming server: mail.chem.ucla.edu
• incoming port/encyption: 143/(START)TLS or 993/SSL
• outgoing server: smtp.chem.ucla.edu
• outgoing port/encryption: 587/(START)TLS or 465/SSL
• outgoing authentication type: (normal) password

Using g.ucla.edu (or gmail.com)

(This will not change your forwarding address. Please contact itsupport@chem.ucla.edu .)

1. https://mail.g.ucla.edu/ (or https://mail.google.com/)
2. Gear Icon ⛭
3. Settings
4. Accounts and Import
5. Send mail as: Add another email address you own
6. • Name: <Your Name>
   • Email address: <username>@chem.ucla.edu
   • ☐ (Unchecked) Treat as an alias.
7. Next Step »
8. • SMTP Server: smtp.chem.ucla.edu Port: 465
   • Username: <username>
   • Password: <password>
   • Secured connection using SSL
9. Add Account »
10. Check Your Forwarding Address for Confirmation code.
11. Confirm Address by clicking the provided link or copying the confirmation code.
12. You should now be able to select your @chem.ucla.edu address when composing mail.