Set Up Apple Mail for OS 10.5 (Leopard)

These instructions describe how to set up Apple Mail for Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) to connect to your UCSF e-mail account.

Understanding the risks

Before you set up email as described below, we want you to know that by doing so you agree to potential financial liabilities, jail time, and possible disciplinary action if you fail to keep confidential legally protected data (e.g., patient records).

1. Federal and state laws and University policy state or imply that information security is your responsibility.
2. You cannot predict when someone you work with will send unencrypted confidential information to your email account.
3. You cannot predict when you might lose your device or it is stolen.
4. Not all devices store and delete data securely (e.g., stored encrypted, deleted by writing the medium with multiple passes of data).
5. Even devices thought to be secure might later be found to be insecure. Example: Hacking smartphones with ease.
6. When you report a lost or stolen device in a timely manner, some devices can be remotely erased upon request, and both your timely reporting and the device's timely erasure significantly increase the chances that the penalties will be less severe or none at all. If later found or returned, your device can be restored from a backup you might have.
7. If applicable, you will be held personally liable—up to $250,000 per violation.
8. Even if you are found personally liable, that does not necessarily exonerate the University from financial liability, and the University also has an interest in protecting its reputation.
9. If applicable, CalOHII might notify the licensing board of a violation, which could affect your ability to practice.

Setup instructions

For the best mail experience, we recommend that you upgrade to Apple Mac OS 10.6 or later, then use the Apple Mail with OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) setup instructions.

New students: Your email address, email user name, and email password were provided to you in your welcome letter. Your domain is campus. If you have misplaced or never received your welcome letter, please contact the Office of the Registrar (415/476-8280, Millberry Union 200W) to obtain a duplicate copy.

Continuing students: See Lost or forgotten password.

Use the following settings to configure the IMAP protocol.

Incoming mail server	mail.ucsf.edu
Incoming mail server SSL	Yes/Checked/Required
Incoming mail port	993
Outgoing mail server	mail.ucsf.edu
Outgoing mail server SSL	Yes/Checked/Required
Outgoing mail port	465

Problems?

If you encounter a problem, see Resolve E-mail Problems.

Before selling or disposing of your computer

If your computer contained any unencrypted and legally protected information, California and federal laws and University policy require you to securely erase the computer's hard drive so that thieves cannot retrieve any confidential data that you might have deleted but which remain on the device undetectable by you. Details: See column 2 at Computer Recycling.

Report a lost or stolen computer

California and federal laws and University policy require you to report a lost or stolen computer, USB drive, cd, dvd, etc., if it stored any unencrypted and legally protected information. Email is a common way for such information to be delivered. For details about reporting requirements, see About Privacy.

Related links

How to connect to UCSF wireless

Go to: Set Up Apple Mail