title: IMAP Mail Settings for Faculty and Staff
taxonomy:
type: kb
category: email
tag: [general, desktop]
access:
site.login: true
Note: Students use MIT email accounts provided by IS&T. These instructions are only for faculty and staff who use the Economics IMAP email server.
For reference, these are the IMAP settings for the Economics department mail server. They are intended to be used with any IMAP mail client. If you’re using Thunderbird, see this article
Incoming mail server: econ-mail.mit.edu
Port: 993
Connection security: SSL/TLS
Authentication method: Normal password
Outgoing mail server: outgoing.mit.edu
Port: 465 or 587
Connection type: SSL
Authentication: Normal password