Diocese of GalwayKilmacduagh & Kilfenora

Parish email may be accessed via webmail, or using a dedicated email application such as Thunderbird, Outlook or many others. It is also possible to use multiple devices to access your email.

On this page:

• Accessing parish email via webmail
• Accessing parish email with a dedicated email application
• Changing your password
• Using auto-reply
• Forwarding to another address

Accessing parish email via webmail

Using any web browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc.) go to the following address:

https://webmail.galwaydiocese.ie

Log in using your full email address as the username, and using the password which goes with it. if you have forgotten your password, please contact help@parishes.galwaydiocese.ie to have it reset.

Accessing email with a dedicated email application

The settings for sending and receiving email are given below.

Receiving Email
Server type	IMAP
Server	gc01.galwaycathedral.ie
Port	993
Username	(your full email address)
Password	(the password for your email address)
Connection security/encryption	SSL/TLS
Authentication method	Normal password
Sending Email
Server type	SMTP
Server	gc01.galwaycathedral.ie
Port	25
Username	(your full email address)
Password	(the password for your email address)
Connection security/encryption	STARTTLS
Authentication method	Normal password

Changing your Password

1. Log into the webmail interface as described above.
2. In the toolbar on the left, click Settings.
3. In the left column, click Password.
4. Fill in the form, and click Save.

Using Auto-Reply

The auto-reply facility sends an automatic response to any received email. The incoming email arrives in your inbox as usual.

1. Log into the webmail interface as described above.
2. In the toolbar on the left, click Settings.
3. In the left column, click Auto-reply.
4. Switch on or off the facility with the Enable auto-reply switch.
5. If switching it on, fill out the form.
6. Click Save settings.

Using Forwarding

Adding one or more forwarders causes incoming email to be diverted to the address(es) you specify. The incoming email does not arrive in your inbox, but instead gets forwarded onwards. You may create as many forwarders as you wish: each incoming email gets sent to all of them.

1. Log into the webmail interface as described above.
2. In the toolbar on the left, click Settings.
3. In the left column, click Forwarders.

To add a new forwarder:

1. In the middle column, click New forwarder.
2. In the right column, enter the destination address.
3. Click Create.

To change an existing forwarder:

1. In the middle column, click the forwarder to be updated
2. In the right column, enter the new destination address.
3. Click Update.

To remove a forwarder:

1. In the middle column, click the forwarder to be deleted.
2. In the right column, click Delete.