Zimbra and WhitMail Upgrade Information

If you are are a faculty member scheduled to upgrade soon to Zimbra, the Zimbra FAQ has the information you will need to know.

If you will be moving to WhitMail (Gmail) see the WhitMail FAQ

Accessing Your Email

Web-based Access

Important ! ALL students and alumni have been moved to our latest student email system, WhitMail, powered by Google. To access your email visit WhitMail.whitman.edu and log in with your standard Whitman account. More information about WhitMail and how to use it can be found in our WhitMail FAQ and Google's Help Center.

Staff and faculty who have upgraded to Zimbra can go to zimbra.whitman.edu for their email, and the Zimbra FAQ for more information.

Faculty who have not yet upgraded to their new email systems will need to continue to use our original web-based system, Webmail. To get started, simply log in at webmail.whitman.edu. More information can be found in our webmail guide.

Email Software and Mobile Devices

Access Whitman email with almost any third-party email software such as Thunderbird or Outlook, as well as some mobile devices. Check out our email set-up guide for more information, plus step-by-step instructions for common email programs.

Additional Email Tools

Junk Mail, Virus, and Spam Filtering

Incoming email is scanned for viruses and spam by a service called Postini. To see or change your filtering settings, log into Postini. For more information, see our Postini guide.

Mailing Lists

Info about campus-wide email lists, as well as resources for creating and managing your own mailing lists. See our mailing lists guide for more information. 

Email Forwarding

You can automatically forward all of your incoming Whitman email to another email address.  This is a good idea to do if you have recently graduated and are switching email addresses, or will not have access to your Whitman address for an extended period. See our forwarding email to another address guide for more information.

Setting a Vacation Message

See the guide for setting up a vacation message (old email system only) to have your email automatically respond to incoming messages with a generic "away" or "I'm out of the office" message. This is strongly recommended if you do not plan on reading any of your Whitman email for a significant period of time.

Saving Whitman Email and Data

If you are leaving Whitman as a recent graduate or staff or faculty no longer working at Whitman, this guide can help you save important emails and data uploaded onto netFiles.  Guide to Saving your Whitman Email and Data

Frequently Asked Questions

Have you looked through all the topics in this section and don't see the answer to your question?  Check out our Frequently Asked Questions section.