Email Account (Lecturers and Staff)

Access via Web

Visit https://webmail.up.pt.
Insert your user in the format up[123456789]@up.pt, where the numbers represent your mechanographic number.
Enter your password.

Email access authentication via Web

Access via Microsoft Outlook Email Client

It is important to have the latest version of Microsoft Outlook, ideally Microsoft Outlook 365. Do not use a version previous to Microsoft Outlook 2016.

If your U.Porto institutional email account is already configured in Microsoft Outlook, please create a new Outlook profile.

1. Open Microsoft Outlook and select the "File" menu.
"File" menu
2. Click on the "Add Account" button.
Add account
3. Insert your email address in the format [user]@[institution].up.pt[ 1 ].
Select Advanced options" in the same window and leave a checkmark on "Let me set up my account manually".
Email address and manual account configuration
5. Click on the "Connect" button;
6. In the following window, select the "Exchange" icon.
Exchange icon
Insert your user in the format up[123456789]@up.pt, where the numbers represent your mechanographic number – do not insert your email address; otherwise, the procedure will not be performed.
Leave a checkmark on "Remember my credentials" in the same window.
User, password and "Remember my credentials"
Click on the "Next" button;
In the "Exchange Account Settings" window, you can slide the blue cursor to the right to download all your emails.
Click on the "Next" button.
"Next" button
Click on the "Done" button to restart Microsoft Outlook.
"Done" button
The configuration is now complete.

If you have another associated account, like a service account, you do not need to repeat the process because that account will be added automatically.

Access via Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client

Select the configuration menu of the email account.
Insert your email address in the format [user]@[institution].up.pt[ 1 ] and the respective password.
Click on the "Configure manually..." button.
Configure manually
Complete server data in the following way:
INCOMING
Protocol: IMAP
Server: mail.up.pt
Port: 993
SSL: SSL/TLS
Authentication: NTLM
Username: up[123456789]@up.pt
OUTGOING
Server: mail.up.pt
Port: 587
SSL: STARTTLS
Authentication: NTLM
Username: up[123456789]@up.pt
The access username is always in the format up[123456789]@up.pt, where the numbers represent your mechanographic number. If you do not know your mechanographic number, check your U.Porto Card or view it on your page in the Information System.
Click on the "Done" button to finish.
"Done" button
Your email account is configured.

Configuration of Calendar and Tasks services

You need to install two add-ons on Mozilla Thunderbird:

Click on the Menu (upper right corner of the Mozilla Thunderbird window) and choose the Add-ons option.
Add-ons
In the search box type the expression tbsync;
Install the "TbSync" and "Provide for Exchange ActiveSync" add-ons by clicking on the "Add to Thunderbird" buttons.
Add to Thunderbird
After the installation, click on the TbSync icon (in the upper right corner of the Mozilla Thunderbird window).
TbSync icon
On the "Account Settings" tab of the "TbSync account manager" window, click on the "Account Actions" button and in the "Add new account" option, select "Exchange ActiveSync".
Exchange ActiveSync
Select the "Automatic configuration" option on the "Account information" window and complete the fields:
Account name: U.Porto
Username (email address): up[123456789]@up.pt, where the numbers represent your mechanographic number – do not insert your email address; otherwise, the procedure will not be performed
Password: your U.Porto password
Click on the "Autodiscover settings and add account" button.
Automatically discover settings and add account
On the "Synchronization status" tab, under "Available resources", please choose what you want to synchronise.
Click on the "Synchronize now" button.
"Synchronize now"
Access to Calendars and Tasks is configured.

If you choose to synchronise your contacts, you will have access to the general list of contacts of the email system.

Access via Gmail

On the Gmail homepage, click the "Options" icon in the upper right corner and then on "See all settings".
Options > See all settings
Choose the "Accounts and Import" tab. In the "Check mail from other accounts" option, select "Add a mail account".
"Add a mail account" option
Fill in your U.Porto email address and click "Next".
Enter the email address
Select "Import emails from my other account (POP3)".
"Import emails from my other account (POP3)" option
Fill in the fields with the following data:
Username – up[123456789]@up.pt
The access username is always in the format up[123456789]@up.pt, where the numbers represent your mechanographic number. If you do not know your mechanographic number, check your U.Porto Card or view it on your page in the Information System.
Password – your U.Porto password
POP Server – mail.up.pt
Port – 995
Please select "Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving email".
If you would like to assign a specific label to emails automatically, go to "Label incoming messages".
Click on "Add Account".
Add Account
Your account was configured.
Now, you need to configure Gmail so you can send emails on behalf of your U.Porto account.
Click "Next".
Send an email on behalf of a U.Porto account
Fill in the required information and click on "Next Step".
Fill in the required information
Fill in the SMTP server fields with the following data:
SMTP Server – mail.up.pt
Port – 587
Username – up[123456789]@up.pt
The access username is always in the format up[123456789]@up.pt, where the numbers represent your mechanographic number. If you do not know your mechanographic number, check your U.Porto Card or view it on your page in the Information System.
Password – your U.Porto password
The option "Secured connection using TLS" must be selected;
SMTP server configuration
Click "Add Account";
You will receive a validation code in your U.Porto mailbox;
Copy the code into the window and click "Verify";
Validation code
Your Gmail access is ready.

Notes

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More information:

Unit of Systems Administration and Operations
E-mail: [email protected]