UCI’s outgoing e-mail server, smtp.uci.edu, has been configured to implement the TLS and SMTP AUTH options. (For the rest of this article, “server” and “outgoing e-mail server” refer to smtp.uci.edu).
This protects UCI from certain types of attacks. The TLS feature provides a secure, encrypted SMTP session between the your e-mail program and UCI’s outgoing e-mail server. The SMTP AUTH feature identifies you to the server, allowing only authorized UCI users to send e-mail.
Users in Residential Housing are now required to use secure SMTP. Others who choose to send e-mail using UCI’s outgoing e-mail server now have the option of doing so securely.
If your e-mail client software is already configured to use authenticated SMTP, you may be asked for a password when sending e-mail. Your usual UCInetID password will work.
More information on configuring your e-mail program to take advantage of these new features can be found at:
http://www.nacs.uci.edu/email/authsmtp.html
Please direct your questions, and report any problems, to the NACS Response Center at nacs@uci.edu or (949) 824-2222.