On-Campus Access | Off-Campus Access | Configuring LDAP | Changing Your Password | Disk Quota
On-Campus LU E-mail Access
ITS supports the following e-mail clients on Lawrence-owned computers:
Windows:
Microsoft Outlook (faculty and staff default)
Thunderbird (temporarily)
Webmail (student default)
Macintosh:
Microsoft Entourage
(faculty and staff default)
Mac Mail
(temporarily)
Webmail (student default)
Off-Campus LU E-mail Access
There are currently a few options for accessing your Lawrence e-mail account from off-campus. ITS strongly recommends Option 1 -- the use of Webmail.
Option 1: Outlook Web Access (Webmail)
Webmail is Lawrence University's web-based e-mail client. Webmail allows users to access their Lawrence e-mail from any computer (on or off-campus) with an active Internet connection and a functioning web browser. Webmail is convenient because it does not require you to reconfigure your personal e-mail client. To access Webmail:
- Open a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari, and go to: http://webmail.lawrence.edu
- Enter your username and network password.
Option 2: Personal Computer E-Mail Client
*ITS strongly recommends the use of webmail.*
Before you can configure an e-mail client on your personal computer, you will need an active Internet connection. You will then need to configure the outgoing mail (SMTP) server and the incoming mail server in your e-mail client, as detailed below, in order to receive Lawrence e-mail. (These settings are the same for any IMAP e-mail client.)
Mail Server Username: enter the user name for your LU accounts
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: mail.lawrence.edu
Outgoing Server Port: 587
Outgoing Username: enter the user name for your LU accounts
Incoming Mail Server: mail.lawrence.edu
Important: You must configure your e-mail client to authenticate with your Lawrence username and password for both incoming and outgoing messages. In addition, you must enable TLS mode for both incoming and outgoing connections.
Option 3: E-mail Redirection
If you would prefer to redirect your Lawrence e-mail to another e-mail account (such as G-Mail), you can do so with these instructions.
Configuring LDAP for the Lawrence Directory
Lawrence has an LDAP server for e-mail address auto-completion. (LDAP is used in the FIND utility.) Once configured, you can type in the first few letters of any name or e-mail address on campus, and the LDAP server will fill in the rest.
LDAP Server: whitepages.lawrence.edu
Search Base: ou=campus,dc=lawrence,dc=edu
Port: 389
Authentication is not required for on-campus access, but if you are off campus, you will need to enter a username and password to use the Lawrence LDAP server.
Changing Your Password
Your network password is also used to log on to e-mail. This password may be changed as often as you like by going to https://viking.lawrence.edu/ and choosing "Manage your network account." By default, you will be required to change your password once every year. See Password Protocol.
Disk Quota
Every account, whether faculty or staff, is allotted a finite amount of file storage space on the mail server. The initial quota is sufficient generally to meet the demands of most users. Due to the nature of their projects, work requirements, or research, some users may exhaust their disk quota allocation. In these instances, the user may request an increase in quota by contacting the HelpDesk. Before requesting additional space, please reference Managing your LU E-mail Account. Requests will be considered and additional quota granted as appropriate. Before requesting additional quota, be sure to delete old, unneeded, and obsolete e-mails. Be sure to empty your trash and sent folders as well. If you still do not have enough disk space to meet your needs, then make the request.
