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

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