Send email through UWaterloo Engmail (SMTP) using gmail
UPDATE: UW now does not allow SMTP mail relays from Google mail accounts. This HOWTO is deprecated.
So ever since gmail enabled the ability to send email like they’re coming from linked accounts, I’ve had my uwaterloo Engmail set up to work right from my gmail and there was a very simple way to do it:
First, navigate to your settings page in gmail and under the Accounts and Imports tab, click on “Send mail from another email address”.
Fill the popup with your name and your UW Engmail address:
Move on to the next step and fill it out, like so:
SMTP server: engmail.uwaterloo.ca
Port: 465
Click on Add Account, wait for the verification email. And there you go. Easy as peach.
This appears to be deprecated for GMail accounts, UW now does not allow SMTP mail relays from Google accounts.
That’s really lame. Do you know why they disabled this functionality? It’s really inconvenient to have to check my mail in two places. Have you found a workaround?
Cheers,
Andrew
I haven’t yet found a workaround.
I believe GMail was disabled because a lot of spam to uwaterloo accounts originated from gmail accounts pretending to be uwaterloo accounts. But that’s just a rumour as far as I know.