What is Client-based Email?
Mail sent to your St. Edward’s account is stored on a SEU mail server until you download it or delete it. The mail server for student accounts is stedwards.edu. St. Edward’s University currently uses POP3 mail (Post Office Protocol 3) which is one among the most popular email protocols. POP3 uses the SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) messaging protocol. For students at St. Edward’s University your POP3 Mail Server is stedwards.edu. Messages are downloaded onto your computer’s hard drive using an email client. Some common clients are Eudora, Netscape, Thunderbird, and Outlook. Depending on how your preferences are set, once you have downloaded your email, it is deleted from the mail server. Your downloaded messages are available whether or not you are online. If you reply or write new mail while offline, the mail is stored on your computer and sent the next time you log in. You can only use an email client on your own computer; if you want to check your mail from a library or comput
