Advanced Email Settings

This page contains advanced settings for Gmail at PSU, that you can use to set up an external email client.

Note: For the best experience, we recommend using Gmail’s web browser interface at mail.pdx.edu rather than using an external email client.

On this page

Enable IMAP in Gmail

  1. Go to mail.pdx.edu.

  2. Select Settings.

  3. Select the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.

  4. Select Enable IMAP.

  5. Select Save Changes.

Email Settings

Incoming mail server

  • Protocol: IMAP

  • Server: imap.gmail.com

  • Username: YourOdinUsername@pdx.edu (include @pdx.edu)

  • Port: 993

  • Connection Type: SSL/TLS

Outgoing mail server

  • Protocol: SMTP

  • Server: smtp.gmail.com

  • Port: 465 or 587

  • Connection Security: SSL

  • Username: YourOdinUsername@pdx.edu

  • Authentication Required? Yes

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