Regional University Computing Center Kaiserslautern-Landau

Exchange configuration

for Android smartphones

The Microsoft Outlook app for iOS/Android was purchased from Microsoft and may not be used at RPTU. The problem is that this app stores the login data and all mailbox contents on servers in the USA in plain text.

A filter has therefore been set up so that this Microsoft Outlook app for iOS/Android cannot connect to our Exchange e-mail server.

1. start Gmail


2. open the "Settings" by clicking on the menu icon at the top left.


3. then select "Add account".


4. enter your e-mail address and click on "Next".


5. enter your password and click "Next" again.


6. enter your RPTU account name in the server settings under "Domain\Username", making sure to prefix it with "uni-kl\".

In the "Server" field, enter "email.uni-kl.de" and then click on "Next".


7. if all entries were correct, your Exchange account is then integrated into Gmail.

If you cannot establish a connection to the Exchange server with Gmail and older Android versions and receive the error message"No secure connection to the server", the current "Trusted CA certificates" from HARICA may be missing on your cell phone. These can be installed manually.

You can find more information on this in the FAQ article:
Error when retrieving emails via Gmail/Android: "No secure connection to the server"