This is only recommended for experienced users who are comfortable with configuring POP and IMAP clients. Please note that accessing your email through Gmail does not provide you with active directory access to Exchange; contacts, distribution lists, and other features of Exchange webmail are not supported.

Settings for Incoming Mail

  • Your Incoming mail server should be “mail.middlebury.edu”.
  • Your Incoming mail DOES require SSL.
  • You can use either IMAP (preferred) or POP3 (may cause issues). By default, POP3 will only give you access to your Inbox and it will remove your messages from the server. Hence we strongly recommend IMAP.

Settings for Outgoing Mail (SMTP)

  • Your Outgoing mail server should be “ssmtp.middlebury.edu”
  • Your Outgoing mail does require SSL (or TLS if available).
  • Your Outgoing mail server DOES require authentication, using the same credentials as the incoming server.
  • Do NOT use secure password authentication.