Email

Email Setup

The Email software installed on shared computers of KIT is Thunderbird.

Thunderbird supports POP3, IMAP(IMAP4) protocols.
For network security considerations, only POPS(POP3S), IMAPS(IMAP4S) and SMTPS allow off-campus users to receive and send Emails.

For detailed instructions on setting up an email app, please refer to Email Setup Guide available in Support Spaces.

POP IMAP
Email Address
  • @edu.kit.ac.jp domain (For Students)：loginname@edu.kit.ac.jp
  • @kit.ac.jp domain (For Faculty/staff members)：loginname@kit.ac.jp
Username Your email address
Password Your CIS password
Incoming Sever
  • Server Name：popmail.cis.kit.ac.jp
  • Port：995
  • Connection security：SSL/TLS
  • Authentication method：Username and Password
  • Server Name：imapmail.cis.kit.ac.jp
  • Port：993
  • Connection security：SSL/TLS
  • Authentication method：Username and Password
Outgoing Sever
  • Server Name：smtpmail.cis.kit.ac.jp
  • Port：465
  • Connection security：SSL/TLS
  • Authentication method：Username and Password

Email alias

You can use your Email alias, which is a pointer that directs email messages to your email account. A CIS account is limited to 8 characters while the e-mail alias can have 9 to 32 characters with any combination of alphabets, numbers and “-(hyphen)”.

KIT faculty&staff members can apply. Fill out and hand in Change Notification for the Use of the Center’s Computing System(For faculty and staff who have USN and @kit.ac.jp Domain).