Students

Mail facility for students


All students of Tilburg University have a UvT-mailbox with a disc space of 100 MB.

The IMAP-mailbox

The student mail environment is based on IMAP. Thanks to the IMAP-implementation it is possible to file read mail messages in folders on the server.

But even a 100 MB storage space requires a proper management of the mailbox. Within that scope it is for instance recommended not to file mail attachments in the mailbox but e.g. in the home directory.

The maximum size of a mail message to be sent and received within Tilburg University is 10 MB. Receipt outside Tilburg University depends on the policy of the provider. In all cases it is of course a condition that sufficient free space should be available in de mailbox on delivery.

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How to access your mail?

Access to the IMAP-mailbox (with both the new and already folder-filed and read mail) is worldwide. You have two possibilities to read your mail, namely:

  1. Via a mail program, for instance Microsoft Outlook.
    Click here to see how you can set your mail in Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007.
  2. Via Webmail.
    Webmail is a browser application, comparable to Hotmail, that you can access via www.uvt.nl/mail/student. Access to the IMAP-mailbox will subsequently be offered via a secure connection after authentication with UvT-username and UvT-password.

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Read your mail via POP

It is also possible to access the mailbox via the server type POP. It should be taken into account that in such case not all functionalities of the mailbox are available. For instance, read mail filed in the IMAP-mailbox folders cannot be accessed via POP! That is only possible via a mail program supporting IMAP or via Webmail.

The data for a correct POP-configuration are:

  • servername = stumail.uvt.nl
  • protocol /server type = POP
  • port number = 110
  • username and password = UvT-username en UvT-password

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Firewall

Some organizations do not allow certain types of Internet traffic and therefore use a firewall. In that case it is for instance not possible to access your mailbox via a "secure connection". Then you cannot access your mailbox via www.uvt.nl/mail/student. In that case try to access your mailbox "unsecure" via the url http://stumail.uvt.nl:8080. Should this not work either, the firewall does not allow any mail traffic.

 

PLEASE NOTE

Check your Tilburg University email address every once in a while! Important messages regarding educational or administrative issues will be sent to this email address.