Mail Access

The institute provides mail services to faculty, staff and students using Zimbra (an enterprise class email, calendar and collaboration solution) and G-Suite (Only for students from 2020-21 Autumn session onwards). The mail messaging facility is centrally managed by CIC.

To access Web based mail services from both inside and outside IIT Kharagpur network:

For Faculty, Staff and Students (enrolled before 2020-21) Click here

For Students enrolled from 2020-21 Autumn session onwards Click here

For Outlook mail client setup Click here

For Archiving emails using Outlook Click here

Use the following configuration to access mail services via third party utilities e.g. O/E, eudora mail, via mobile from both inside and outside IIT Kharagpur network:


For Faculty, Staff and Students (enrolled before 2020-21):

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server iitkgpmail.iitkgp.ac.in
Requires SSL: Yes
Port: 993
Incoming Mail (POP) Server iitkgpmail.iitkgp.ac.in
Requires SSL: Yes
Port: 995
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server iitkgpmail.iitkgp.ac.in
Requires SSL: Yes
Requires TLS: Yes (if available)
Requires Authentication: Yes
Port for SSL: 465
Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587


For Students enrolled from 2020-21 Autumn session onwards:

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server imap.gmail.com
Requires SSL: Yes
Port: 993
Incoming Mail (POP) Server pop.gmail.com
Requires SSL: Yes
Port: 995
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server smtp.gmail.com
Requires SSL: Yes
Requires TLS: Yes (if available)
Requires Authentication: Yes
Port for SSL: 465
Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587