JHEM Client Settings Secure Eudora for Windows – POPS - Start Eudora. If you do not have Eudora installed, please visit the Eudora Software Site.
- In the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the Getting Started icon. The recommended settings are:
- Real name: your own as you want it to appear in messages you send
- Return address: your preferred email address (ex: lid@jhu.edu or lid@jhmi.edu)
- Mail Server (Incoming): jhem.johnshopkins.edu.
- Login Name: your JHED Login ID
- SMTP Server (Outgoing): smtp.johnshopkins.edu
- Click the Checking Mail icon. The recommended settings are:
- Mail Server: jhem.johnshopkins.edu
- Login Name: JHED Login ID
- Check Mail every XX minutes: The recommended setting for checking mail is 5 minutes or longer.
- Send on check: your choice
- Save password: unchecked
- Secure Sockets when Receiving: Required, Alternate Port
- PLEASE NOTE: You will need to attempt to check mail once and then come back to Tools -> Options -> Checking Mail. Then click on the 'Last SSL Info Button'.
- Now click the Certificate Information Manager and then click on the + next to the first cert listed under Server Certificates
- Now highlight (click on) the one below named "US, Maryland, Johns Hopkins, jhem.johnshopkins.edu"
- Click Add to Trusted and then click Done
- Click OK until you are back to the main Eudora Window and check your mail again
- Click the Incoming Mail icon. The recommended settings are:
- Server configuration: POP
- Leave mail on server: Check this option if you read your mail from multiple clients/computers. However leaving mail on server will use your mail quota more quickly. Configure the client to delete messages after X days, or when emptied from Trash.
- Authentication style: Passwords
- Click the Sending Mail icon. The recommended settings are:
- Return address: your preferred alias (ex: lid@jhu.edu)
- Domain to add to unqualified addresses: jhu.edu or jhmi.edu
- SMTP Server: smtp.johnshopkins.edu
- Allow authentication: checked
- Immediate send: checked
- Send on check: checked if desired
- Secure Sockets when Sending: Set this to "Required STARTTLS" if you are off campus and use our SMTP servers, you want to authenticate to our servers whenever you send.
- PLEASE NOTE: If you set this to "Required STARTTLS", you will need to follow similar steps like Checking Mail (screen shots available here)
- After setting this, you will need to attempt to send a message, and receive an error message
- Click Certificate Information Manager
- Click to highlight the cert under Server Certificates
- Click Add to Trusted and then Done
- Click OK until back to main Eudora Window and then send your message again
- The rest of the settings can be set at your discretion
- Click OK when finished.
Secure Eudora for Windows – IMAPS - Start Eudora. If you do not have Eudora installed, please visit the Eudora Software Site.
- In the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the Getting Started icon. The recommended settings are:
- Real name: your own as you want it to appear in messages you send
- Return address: your preferred email address (ex: lid@jhu.edu or lid@jhmi.edu)
- Mail Server (Incoming): jhem.johnshopkins.edu
- Login Name: your JHED Login ID
- SMTP Server (Outgoing): smtp.johnshopkins.edu
- Click the Checking Mail icon. The recommended settings are:
- Mail Server: jhem.johnshopkins.edu
- Login Name: JHED Login ID
- Send on check: your choice
- Save password: unchecked
- Secire Sockets when Receiving: Required, Alternate Port
- PLEASE NOTE: You will need to attempt to check mail once and then come back to Tools -> Options -> Checking Mail. Then click on the 'Last SSL Info Button'.
- Now click the Certificate Information Manager and then click on the + next to the first cert listed under Server Certificates
- Now highlight (click on) the one below named "US, Maryland, Johns Hopkins, jhem.johnshopkins.edu"
- Click Add to Trusted and then click Done
- Click OK until you are back to the main Eudora Window and check your mail again
- Click the Incoming Mail icon. The recommended settings are:
- Server configuration: IMAP
- Authentication style: Passwords
- Click the Sending Mail icon. The recommended settings are:
- Return address: your preferred alias (ex: lid@jhu.edu)
- Domain to add to unqualified addresses: jhu.edu or jhmi.edu
- SMTP Server: smtp.johnshopkins.edu
- Allow authentication: checked
- Immediate send: checked
- Send on check: checked if desired
- Secure Sockets when Sending: Set this to "Required STARTTLS" if you are off campus and use our SMTP servers, you want to authenticate to our servers whenever you send.
- PLEASE NOTE: If you set this to "Required STARTTLS", you will need to follow similar steps like Checking Mail (screen shots available here)
- After setting this, you will need to attempt to send a message, and receive an error message
- Click Certificate Information Manager
- Click to highlight the cert under Server Certificates
- Click Add to Trusted and then Done
- Click OK until back to main Eudora Window and then send your message again
- The rest of the settings can be set at your discretion
- Click OK when finished.
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