Technology Services - Help and Information

Email

 

Switching to Campus Post Office (CP) after retirement

PDF version of this page for easier printing

I.  Introduction:
 
After retirement, Technology Services generally moves accounts to a different server.  Whether your account was an Exchange account (that you accessed via Outlook) or a POP mail account, we seek to make the transition as painless as possible for you and as transparent as possible to your email correspondents.

In order to access your mail on the new server, you will need to make some changes to your current email set up.  If you have not been accessing your email at home or you have been using webmail, please see instructions on the main email page for help setting up your account.

II. If you're using Eudora:
 

1.  Open the Options dialogue.
On the Tools menu, click Options
 

2.  Enter the account information.
 

  1. Click the Getting Started icon.

  2. Your email address should not change.  It will usually be FirstName_LastName@tamu-commerce.edu.

  3. Type cp.TAMU-Commerce.edu as your incoming mail server.

  4. Change the name in the Login Name box.  It may be different than it used to be (for example, if Sam Jones worked for the Literature and Languages department, his username was probably litsj.  It will likely change to retsj.

  5. The outgoing server will generally be the same as the one you've been using:  smtp.tamu-commerce.edu.  DO NOT select smtp authentication or allow authentication.

    • NOTE:  If you have a high speed Internet connection (DSL or Cable Internet), you will need to contact your Internet Service Provider (such as Embarq, Geus, AOL, etc) for outgoing mail server settings.  They will likely block any outgoing mail server not their own, so you would be unable to send mail.

  6. Click OK.
 

III.  If you're using Outlook Express:
 

1.  Start Outlook Express
 
Start Outlook Express by clicking Start then Programs or All Programs and selecting Outlook Express

 
 

2.  Open the Accounts applet.
 
 

From the Tools menu, select Accounts. 

 
 

3.  Enter the account information.
  • Click the Mail tab. 
  • Highlight your email account.
  • Select Properties.
 
On the Servers tab, change the Incoming mail server to cp.tamu-commerce.edu.  If you are NOT using TAMU-Commerce dial-up (TACACS) to connect to the Internet, you may need to contact your Internet Service Provider for the outgoing (SMTP) server name.

Click Apply, then OK.

III.  If you're using Outlook:
 

1.  Open the  Control Panel.
 
Click Start, then Run.

.
 

2.  Open the Mail applet.
 
In the Control Panel, click Switch to Classic View.
Double click on the Mail icon
 

3.  Enter the account information.
a.  Begin the Email Account Wizard.
  1. Click View or Change Existing Accounts and click Next. (note:  you may have to select Email Accounts first.)
 
b. Update the account information.
 

Change the incoming mail server to cp.tamu-commerce.edu.

Change the user name if necessary.  In general it will be the part of your email address BEFORE the @ sign.
 

4.  Test your settings.
Click the Test Account Settings button to make sure your account is properly set up.
 

IV. If you're using WebMail

1.  Logon to the Campus Post Office site:
 

Using your web browser (such as Internet Explorer or FireFox) and go to https://cp.tamu-commerce.edu:7443/scripts/webmail.exe
 

2. Open the Inbox
 
If this is the first time you logged onto Campus Post Office email, you may see this screen:

 
 

3. Access your email.
 
Open email by clicking on the subject line or the sender name.  Delete a message by clicking in the Select box to the left of the username and clicking the trashcan icon.

 

State law requires that users of this site be informed that this site collects the following information about users: location information for site utilization reporting and cookies for site management.