How to read your e-mail

There is different ways to access your e-mail.
Mail on exchange server is used by all students registered at KTH (there can be some additional local e-mail systems also):

Webmail

Webmail is available from all computers that have a connection to Internet through a web browser.

Webmail at KTH central e-mail system

Connection to the e-mail server with an e-mail client

To read your e-mail you can use an e-mail client such as Outlook Express, Eudora, Netscape, Thunderbird for example.

There is some parameters that has to be entered into the settings for these programs:

  • Server type: IMAP
  • Incoming server name: webmail.kth.se port 993
  • Outgoing server name: smtp.kth.se port 465
  • SSL has to be activated dor both outgoing and incoming communication
  • Authentication for sending has to be activated

Password

You are not allowed to save your user credentials from KTH at any other email supplier such as Gmail or similar.

You have accepted this condition in your user agreement between you and KTH that you signed.

Here are instructions for the most common e-mail client software (Instructions are in Swedish):

Instructions for Outlook (pdf 282 kB)

Instructions for Outlook Express (pdf 717 kB)

Instructions for Windows Mail (Vista) (pdf 578 kB)

Instructions for Thunderbird (pdf 1.3 MB)

Instructions for Mac OS X mail app (pdf 461 kB)

Instructions for ActiveSync on mobile phones (pdf 37 kB)

Instructions for activation of Spam filtering rules (pdf 601 kB)

Instructions for importing Contacs from .csv-files (pdf 432 kB)