Math Email Setup and Forwarding

Below you fill find instructions on how to forward email between accounts, and how to setup Thunderbird or any other IMAP/SMTP email client. Click here if you would like to fill out a computer account form to obtain a Math username and the associated email address. To configure all the settings of an existing Math email account (such as spam filtering or vacation message) please refer to https://mailcfg.math.utoronto.ca. You can also access your Math email through the web interface available at https://mail.math.utoronto.ca. Please make sure to distinguish between your email address and your username e.g. if the email address is janedoe@math.utoronto.ca the user name is janedoe.

The Math department runs its own mail server, providing users with an @math.utoronto.ca address (or @math.toronto.edu, they are completely equivalent) which they can use for electronic correspondence. Note that this @math.utoronto.ca email is in addition to — and independent of — the email provided by the university which can be either of the form @utoronto.ca or @mail.utoronto.ca. It is important for users to keep track of both mailboxes since critical information may be sent to either one, and so it's suggested to have both accounts readily accessible within your email client or simply forward email between them as described below. Please note that although we fully support any issues you may encounter with your @math.utoronto.ca email account by contacting requests@math.utoronto.ca, we cannot readily troubleshoot problems you may have with your @utoronto.ca emails. We can still provide advice regardless, but it's best to contact the Enterprise Service Centre (ESC) instead.

Thunderbird/IMAP/SMTP Math Email Setup

The instructions below explain how to configure the Thunderbird email client so it can send and receive email through the Math mail server. The settings shown at the end, however, can be used to configure any email client.

When starting Thunderbird for the first time you will be offered the choice to create a new email account by clicking on + New Account and then selecting Mail Account...:

If you are already using Thunderbird you can click on the menu, select New Account, and then Email:

Fill in your real name and your @math.utoronto.ca Math email address, click on Continue:

Thunderbird should be able to automatically determine the proper settings, click on Continue:

Enter your coxeter password, optionally allowing Thunderbird to remember it. Note: you must have a coxeter account and you must have logged in to coxeter at least once in order to set your private password — keep in mind it might take up to 15 minutes for that password to propagate after changing it.

After clicking Continue you can skip the next step (setting up calendars and address books) by clicking on Continue again:

Click on Finish to complete the setup:

The client and server IMAP/SMTP settings are below, you can use these with your preferred email client:

For IMAP:

• Server Name: imap.math.utoronto.ca
• Port: 993
• Security: SSL/TLS

or:

• Server Name: imap.math.utoronto.ca
• Port: 143
• Security: STARTTLS

For SMTP:

• Server Name: smtp.math.utoronto.ca
• Port: 587
• Security: STARTTLS

Forwarding Email

Forwarding from your @utoronto.ca address to @math.utoronto.ca: login to https://mail.utoronto.ca and click on the "gear" icon (i.e. your settings) in the menu in the upper right-hand corner of the Outlook window (circled in red below). Click on Forwarding and then Enable forwarding to your Math email address (optionally keeping a local copy).

Forwarding from your @math.utoronto.ca address to @utoronto.ca: go to https://mailcfg.math.utoronto.ca and log in using your coxeter credentials. From there scroll to the Forwarding section at the bottom and click on it to expand it. You can specify one or more email addresses to forward to (you will have to add one at the time by clicking on the UPDATE SETTINGS button). You can also keep a local copy of your emails if you so wish.