RHPCS-managed email

mbox

Mbox is a service separate from the Microsoft365-powered campus-wide service that is managed by UTS,and support can be provided for contract customers of Research & High-Performance Computing Support.

Mail domains served by mbox include:

  • @chemistry.mcmaster.ca
  • @math.mcmaster.ca
  • @physics.mcmaster.ca
  • @psychology.mcmaster.ca
  • @rhpcs.mcmaster.ca

Please contact RHPCS at rhpcs@mcmaster.ca if you have any questions or would like more information.


How to read your email in a web browser


      Administer your mbox account

      Login to the mbox Usermin interface to:

      • change your password
      • setup mail forwarding
      • setup automatic replies


      Settings for email applications

      Incoming (IMAP)

      • server: mbox.mcmaster.ca
      • port: 993
      • use SSL (OS X, iOS; older versions of Outlook) or SSL/TLS  (Thunderbird, newer versions of Outlook)
      • NB: leave "IMAP Path Prefix" or "Mail folder" blank (some older RHPCS mail servers required "~/mail" or "mail")


      Outgoing (SMTP)

      • server: mbox.mcmaster.ca
      • port: 587
      • use SSL (OS X, iOS), TLS (older versions of Outlook, Gmail), or STARTTLS (Thunderbird, newer versions of Outlook, Gmail app for Android) 
      • authenticate via password
      • NB If the settings above do not work, please try port 465 with SSL.