all your emails are belong to goofle

[Edited on April 3, 2010 at 8:38 AM. Reason : PAGE 2]

4/3/2010 8:38:00 AM

what are the server settings to connect NCSU Gmail with thunderbird?

4/3/2010 12:47:08 PM

Enable either IMAP or POP:
https://mail.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/?AuthEventSource=SSO#settings/fwdandpop

IMAP Instructions:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=75726

POP Instructions:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=12103

Also before you can do any of this I think you have to change your unity password once. Sort of like an initialization thing for security purposes.

[Edited on April 3, 2010 at 1:43 PM. Reason : -]

4/3/2010 1:41:44 PM

Topeka mail!

4/3/2010 1:45:01 PM

so the address is imap.google.com, not something involving NCSU?

4/3/2010 2:43:26 PM

^ Yes. it all goes through the gmail servers now.

One thing I hate, correct me if you can fix it. Labels != folders. I set my "folders" back up in gmail with filters to them, but they are really just labels, and dont copy over to outlook

4/3/2010 3:17:16 PM

nvm got it working, i think. thanks for the help

[Edited on April 3, 2010 at 3:19 PM. Reason : ]

4/3/2010 3:18:56 PM

If anyone can get it working on their blackberry let me and wdprice3 know

[Edited on April 3, 2010 at 3:49 PM. Reason : on VZW and not able to configure on a computer through BIS]

4/3/2010 3:48:41 PM

lazy question, but does this mean that i can keep my @ncsu.edu email address forever?

4/3/2010 10:46:21 PM

^ Yes, you keep your @ncsu.edu address for life from now on:

Quote :

"As an added benefit, students will be able to access these tools using their existing e-mail addresses, which will still carry the tag @ncsu.edu. And now, instead of losing their NC State e-mail addresses when they graduate, students will keep them for life."

That quote is buried in this posting:
http://www.ncsu.edu/featured-stories/power-partnerships/jan-2010/google-email/index.php

[Edited on April 3, 2010 at 11:58 PM. Reason : -]

4/3/2010 11:57:10 PM

Fucking awesome deal. I too, was running out of space. The default theme did not look good, so I changed it to something better (IMO anyway).





[Edited on April 4, 2010 at 12:59 AM. Reason : Whoops]

4/4/2010 12:56:14 AM

so wait, this ISN'T going to to transfer my emails from squirrel mail?

4/4/2010 1:42:51 PM

^ Yes, it does. Look at my screenshot on the left. You can seem my e-mails are archived from webmail.

4/4/2010 1:47:19 PM

ahhh gotcha. just logged in, mine is setup now!

4/4/2010 1:49:26 PM

Quote :

"i am still wondering if my ncsu webmail will forward to my gmail when i graduate.."

i graduated 3 years ago and i still get email forwards from webmail ... quite odd . state must love me.

4/4/2010 2:31:05 PM

Anybody get this to work with an IMAP client like Thunderbird? What credentials to you give it?

4/4/2010 6:08:50 PM

When people sometime log in, do they always seem to get an error message a whole bunch that says:

Quote :

" An error occurred while processing your request. Please contact your helpdesk or user ID office for assistance. This service requires cookies. Please ensure that they are enabled and try your going back to your desired resource and trying to login again. Use of your browser's back button may cause specific errors that can be resolved by going back to your desired resource and trying to login again. "

4/4/2010 7:45:09 PM

^ A lot of times that means their account hasnt finished copying over. I got it until it did.

merbig what theme is that? Looks nice!

4/4/2010 8:12:36 PM

how did you get rid of the web clips?

and can you post the settings you used for your theme?

[Edited on April 4, 2010 at 10:57 PM. Reason : .]

4/4/2010 10:56:06 PM

^ https://mail.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/#settings/webclips

Go there and uncheck the "Show my web clips above the Inbox" box. I also removed everything in the list for good measure.

4/4/2010 11:41:59 PM

Here's mine:

4/4/2010 11:54:26 PM

mine:


never learned how to post big pictures...

4/5/2010 12:45:20 AM

i picked one of the beach themes

4/5/2010 12:52:25 AM

Quote :

" ^ A lot of times that means their account hasnt finished copying over. I got it until it did. "

That's weird because I don't have much mail at all in my inbox.

4/5/2010 1:53:56 AM

Quote :

"Anybody get this to work with an IMAP client like Thunderbird? What credentials to you give it?"

mine's working with evolution mail w/ the following:

IMAP
server: imap.gmail.com
username: [unityid]@ncsu.edu
SSL encryption
password authentication

SMTP
server: smtp.gmail.com (server requires authentication)
SSL encryption
PLAIN authentication


(these are basically just from google's website, but i can verify that they are working for both sending and receiving)

4/5/2010 8:06:39 AM

i'm a full-time student and an employee, but i was an employee before i was a student...looks like i can't use gmail

4/5/2010 9:02:07 AM

at all or can't beta?

[Edited on April 5, 2010 at 9:09 AM. Reason : b/c i was under the impression that the entire system was moving to googleapps.]

4/5/2010 9:09:42 AM

Quote :

"b/c i was under the impression that the entire system was moving to googleapps"

only students, not employees

i guess my current classification is employee, not student

4/5/2010 9:37:53 AM

Thunderbird 3 with IMAP:
IMAP:
imap.gmail.com
Port 993
username: unityid@ncsu.edu
Connection security: SSL/TLS
Leave "Use secure authentication" unchecked

outgoing SMTP:
server: smtp.gmail.com
Port 587
Check "Use name and password"
username: unityid@ncsu.edu
Leave "Use secure authentication" unchecked
Connection security: STARTTLS

[Edited on April 5, 2010 at 10:37 AM. Reason : ]

4/5/2010 10:35:48 AM

I now get the error message for my account all the time and have lost access to my Unity account. Help Desk OIT has been zero help whatsoever.

4/5/2010 2:33:21 PM

Quote :

"BLACKBERRY INTERNET SERVICE (BIS) BY CARRIER ALLTEL Communications, Inc. https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=alltel AT&T https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=mycingular Cellular South, Inc. https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=csouth1 CellularOne https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=cellularone HELIO, Inc. https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=earthlink Nextel Operations, Inc. https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=nextel Skytel https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=skytel Sprint Spectrum L.P. https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=sprint SunCom Wireless Operating Company https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=suncom TMobile https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=tmobile United States Cellular Corporation https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=uscellular Verizon https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=vzw UNITY: 1. Sign into your carrier's BIS (Blackberry Internet Service). 2. Click the "Setup Email" button. 3. Enter your NCSU Email Address ONLY. Example: unityid@ncsu.edu *NOTE: (Leave Password field BLANK) 4. Click the "Next' button. 5. Select "Provide Additional Settings" at error message, "The email address or password is incorrect, or we need more details to set up this email. Retype the information or provide additional settings." or click the "Next" button. 6. Select "POP/IMAP (Most Common)" 7. Enter Email Address. Example: unityID@ncsu.edu 8. Enter Email Password. (Your Unity Password) 9. Enter Email Server, imap.gmail.com 10. Enter User Name, unityID@ncsu.edu 11. Click the "Next" button. 12. You should get a message similar to "Email account, yourunityid@ncsu.edu will be added to your device home screen." 13. On the Blackberry phone, you should see a mailbox icon created for this account. 14. In the BIS, click "Finish" 15. Select "Edit" for the newly created account, verify that the port number is 993 as well as other account settings. 16. Please verify that you are able to send/receive email from this account."

if you can't use your computer browser to set up BB email, then just use the email wizard on your device.

4/5/2010 2:56:54 PM

Quote :

"Thunderbird 3 with IMAP: IMAP: imap.gmail.com Port 993 username: unityid@ncsu.edu Connection security: SSL/TLS Leave "Use secure authentication" unchecked"

When I do this, I get an alert saying that weblogin is required. IMAP is enabled on my settings. Any suggestions?

4/5/2010 9:34:33 PM

have you changed your unity password?

4/6/2010 8:19:05 AM

I feel like an idiot for asking this, but has anybody had any luck setting up the new email account on the iphone? I feel like an old person for being unable to figure this out. Setting it up as a Gmail account doesn't work, but neither does setting it up as "Other". WTF?

4/6/2010 8:40:49 AM

Quote :

"have you changed your unity password?"

I did, and before my credentials fail, I get this popup:
Enter your password for xxxxxx@ncsu.edu@imap.gmail.com:

I feel like I am missing something very obvious

4/6/2010 9:11:29 AM

Quote :

"I feel like I am missing something very obvious"

hmm, 9th time's the charm; got it to work. Thanks for the help

4/6/2010 9:15:56 AM

can anybody help me get this setup on my phone? i have the verizon mobile email

here's what it asks for

email address:
password:

username:
-POP3
-IMAP
Incoming Mail Server:
Incoming Port:
-none
-ssl
-tls
Outgoing Mail server:
outgoing port:
-none
-ssl
-tls

where ':' means it asks to imput some type of info
and '-' are boxes to choose from (choose one)

yes, im dumb when it comes to this stuff. i tired putting in what people had posted before...but that didnt work. thanks!

4/7/2010 1:59:09 AM

As long as you have reset your password, this should work

email address: unityid@ncsu.edu
password: yourpassword

username: unityid@ncsu.edu
IMAP
imap.gmail.com
port: 993
-ssl

smtp.gmail.com
port: 465*
-ssl*

The last 2 starred settings I am not sure on, try tls if ssl doesn't work first. if neither work, try changing port to 587

Hope this helps.

4/7/2010 2:35:17 AM

tried it....still says 'invalid account details'

4/7/2010 11:45:40 AM

just started the process for mine. I a few hours I should know if everything worked like it was/is supposed to.

4/7/2010 12:01:33 PM

success

4/7/2010 12:57:58 PM

I'm fucking pissed off that I rolled my shit over to this garbage. I can no longer login from Firefox... it gives me the following message each time I try:

Quote :

" ERROR An error occurred while processing your request. Please contact your helpdesk or user ID office for assistance. This service requires cookies. Please ensure that they are enabled and try your going back to your desired resource and trying to login again. Use of your browser's back button may cause specific errors that can be resolved by going back to your desired resource and trying to login again. "

Anybody have advice? I just upgraded to the newest version of Firefox, and the shit still isn't working.

Yes, cookies are enabled.

[Edited on April 7, 2010 at 1:56 PM. Reason : ]

4/7/2010 1:54:50 PM

i'm using firefox with no problems.

4/7/2010 2:02:20 PM

i realize that not everybody is having this problem, hence the reason i'm asking for help here.

4/7/2010 2:08:42 PM

I've made sure cookies are active, I deleted all of my old cookies, I opened the profile folder for firefox and deleted the cookies files, and it has done nothing to help.

4/7/2010 2:17:40 PM

Hey guys, I work for OIT and if you're looking to get it to work with Thunderbird, here's your answer:

1. Go to http://www.ncsu.edu/password and change your password. This is required, because this is the only way that the google IMAP/SMTP servers will sync up properly. Don't ask why; it's really weird.

2. Go to Thunderbird and create a new account.

3. IMAP server is: imap.gmail.com, port 993

4. Username for IMAP is: unityIDgoeshere@ncsu.edu

5. Password for IMAP is: Your unity ID password

6. Connection security for IMAP is: SSL/TLS. Do not check "Secure Authentication."

7. SMTP server is: smtp.gmail.com, port 465

8. Username for SMTP is: unityIDgoeshere@ncsu.edu

9. Connection security for SMTP is: SSL/TLS. Do not check "Secure Authentication."

You should be good to go after that.

I don't work in the same IT department as the mail guys work at, but this is how I was able to get it to work with Thunderbird.

4/7/2010 7:43:54 PM

^ A++ would follow steps again.

4/7/2010 8:05:22 PM

I figured out my problem. Apparently, you cannot link directly to the login page... you have to link to the actual gmail.ncsu.edu page.

4/7/2010 8:25:11 PM

still gettin the same error on my phone. i tried changing my password. gonna try it again in the morning

4/8/2010 12:16:00 AM

UNC has just chosen Microsoft Live@EDU. 25 gigs of storage space per student, and it is going to integrate well with faculty/staff campus wide exchange that is being built.

[Edited on April 8, 2010 at 9:20 AM. Reason : .]

4/8/2010 9:09:01 AM