Overview of the email servers and their use
The Heidelberg University Computing Centre operates different email servers to cater for the user's varying requirements. Here is a list of the possible addresses you may receive from the URZ or your institute:
| User type | Email address | Server |
|---|---|---|
| Students | <name/uni-id>@stud.uni-heidelberg.de | imap.urz.uni-heidelberg.de |
| Employees | <name/id>@uni-heidelberg.de | imap.urz.uni-heidelberg.de, exchange.uni-heidelberg.de |
| Institute employees with own domain | <name/id>@<institute-abbreviation>.uni-heidelberg.de | imap.urz.uni-heidelberg.de, exchange.uni-heidelberg.de |
Incoming mail server settings (IMAP)
User name: Uni-ID
Mailboxes are created on the imap.urz.uni-heidelberg.de server by default.
You can access your mailbox both via an email client and using a web interface. Alongside email access, this provides an address book and a calendar function. All functions are also available via Active Sync. The necessary data for the different servers is as follows:
| Protocol | Server settings | Port | Encryption |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMAP * | imap.urz.uni-heidelberg.de | 143 | (STARTTLS) |
| IMAPS * | imap.urz.uni-heidelberg.de | 993 | TLS |
| POP * | imap.urz.uni-heidelberg.de | 110 | (STARTTLS) |
| POPS * | imap.urz.uni-heidelberg.de | 995 | TLS |
| HTTP (web access) | https://sogo.urz.uni-heidelberg.de | 443 | |
| CalDAV (personal calendar) | https://sogo.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/SOGo/dav/<UniID>/Calendar/personal/ | ||
| CardDAV (personal contacts) | https://sogo.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/SOGo/dav/<UniID>/Contacts/personal/ |
* The imap.urz.uni-heidelberg.de server was formerly called "popix".
Exchange settings
Username: ad\Uni-ID
| Protocol | Server settings | Port | Encryption |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPI (Outlook access) | exchange.uni-heidelberg.de | ||
| IMAP | exchange.uni-heidelberg.de | 143 | (STARTTLS) |
| IMAPS | exchange.uni-heidelberg.de | 993 | TLS |
| HTTP (web access) | https://exchange.uni-heidelberg.de/owa | 443 |
Instmail settings
Username: <name/id>@<institute-abbreviation>.uni-heidelberg.de
(old URZ email service, discontinued)
| Protocol | Server settings | Port | Encryption |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMAP | instmail2.uni-heidelberg.de | 143 | (STARTTLS) |
| IMAPS | instmail2.uni-heidelberg.de | 993 | TLS |
| POP | instmail2.uni-heidelberg.de | 110 | (STARTTLS) |
| POPS | instmail2.uni-heidelberg.de | 995 | TLS |
| HTTP (web access) | https://wwwmail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de | 443 |
Outgoing mail server settings (SMTP)
| Protocol | Server address | Port | Encryption | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clients | SMTP | mail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de * | 587 | (STARTTLS) |
| Server | SMTP | relays.uni-heidelberg.de | 25 | (STARTTLS) |
| Exchange | SMTP | exchange.uni-heidelberg.de | 587 | (STARTTLS) |
*) Formerly called "extmail".
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