How To Access Email Without Webmail
There are several methods of accessing your email without using YSTV Webmail.
Secure IMAP
This is the easiest and most useful for day-to-day use. Using this method you can manage your emails from any email-enabled smartphone, or from desktop clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird.
Settings for Receiving
| Method | IMAP |
| Incoming Server | ystv.york.ac.uk |
| Port | 993 |
| Security | SSL |
| Username | yourystv.username |
| Password | Your YSTV Password |
Settings for Sending
For sending, we use the university's internal mail server
| Outgoing Server | smtp.york.ac.uk |
| Port | 465 |
| Security | SSL, Authentication |
| Username | Your University Username (e.g. abc123) |
| Password | Your University Password |
Android 4.x
- Open the Mail application, tap the menu icon and choose New Account.
- Choose "Other (POP3/IMAP)".
- Tap the "Manual Setup" button.
- Choose IMAP from the protocol menu.
- Enter the necessary details (Receiving) and tap Next.
- Enter the necessary details (Sending) and tap Next.
- Enter your name and tap "Finish Setup".
- To synchronise any other mail folders, tap the menu, choose Settings, then "Sync, Send & Receive", and then "Folders to sync".
Android 2.x
- Open mail application
- press your phone's menu key
- click "Add account"
- fill in your address & password -e.g. john.johnson@ystv.co.uk , ILovec4hic7kenpoop
- scroll down, click "manual setup"
- choose "Imap"
- again, User name & password e.g. john.johnson & ILovec4hic7kenpoop
- server should be "ystv.co.uk"
- Port should be 993
- Security type should be "SSL accept all certificates"
- Leave the "IMAP path prefix" blank
- Cclick Next
Outgoing server settings...
- SMTP server : "smtp.york.ac.uk"
- port 465
- security type : SSL Accept all certificates
- Require sign in should be checked
- In user name and password, put your UNIVERSITY username & password, e.g. jj264 & erlh3sf~#
- Set email check frequency to whatever pleases you
- Give the account a name...
Job done.
iPhone
- (To Do)
Blackberry
- (To Do)
Forward to Gmail / Another Email Address
- (To Do)
With Alpine/SSH
This can be useful if you do not have access to the internet, or are diagnosing problems with the email setup. Note, this will only work on campus, or when connected to the VPN.
- Connect to ystv.york.ac.uk
- For Windows, open PuTTY, enter the hostname ystv.york.ac.uk and hit enter. Enter your YSTV username and password.
- For Mac/Linux, open a terminal, type "ssh username@ystv.york.ac.uk", and enter your password.
- Type "alpine" and hit enter.
- Navigate using the arrow keys, and the keyboard shortcuts displayed at the bottom of the window.