Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Adding an Email Account

Introduction

In order to check your UC Merced email, you need to have a UCMNetID. If you are a student, staff, of faculty member, you should already have a UCMNetID. Students who do not have a UCMNetID should visit the UCM Portal at my.ucmerced.edu for more information about obtaining your UCMNetID or resetting your password.

In order to ensure that email works properly on your iPhone or iPod touch, make sure that your software version is at least 1.1.4. To check your iPhone or iPod touch’s software version number, simply go to Settings, tap on General, and then About. To update your software, simply connect your device to iTunes and click the Check for Updates button.

Note: Since the procedures for both the iPhone and iPod touch are identical, they will both be referred to as the iPhone in this document.

Adding an Email Account

1. From the home screen, select Settings
   
2. Then select Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and then Add Account.
3. Select Other, as the email account type. This will bring up the New Account screen.
   
4. Configure the basic account information:
   • Name: Your full name
   • Address: Your UC Merced email address
   • Password: Your UCMNetID password
   • Description: description of email account
   
5. When finished, tap the Save button at the top
   
6. You should now be presented with a screen similar to the one shown below.
   
   Scroll down to the Incoming Mail Server section and begin filling out the following information:
   • Host Name: mail2.ucmerced.edu
   • User Name: Your UCMNetID
   • Password: If it’s not blank, leave as is; it has been carried over from the previous screen. Otherwise... Enter your UCMNetID password
   
7. Scroll further down and fill in the following into the Outgoing Mail Server section:
   • Host Name: smtp.ucmerced.edu
   • User Name: Your UCMNetID
   • Password: Your UCMNetID password
   
8. Under Outgoing Mail Server section, use the following values: SMTP: smtp.ucmerced.edu.
   
9. Next tap Advanced. Under Advanced, please ensure that Use SSL is toggled ON. After this, click on your email address button in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
   
10. Now, tap the Save button in the upper right hand corner of the screen. You will receive an error message (after selecting save). Disregard this error message and select Continue.
    
    Note: This has no effect on sending and receiving email.
    
11. Your device should now be configured to work with UC Merced’s email services. Simply launch Mail from the home screen and it will begin downloading the 200 more recent emails you have received in your Inbox.