This is the setup guide for mail.usask.ca email on BlackBerry OS5.
Note: If you have not already created an e-mail alias for your nsid@mail.usask.ca e-mail address, please login to mits.usask.ca to create one.
- Turn on your BlackBerry and press the menu button.
- Scroll down and select Setup,then select Email Settings.

- Click on Add to setup a new email account.
- You will be presented with a list of email services, select Other.
- Enter your email address in the Email Address field and your password in the Password field. Your email address will be your email address (ie. abc123@mail .usask.ca) or alias (ie. firstname.lastname@usask.ca) and your password is the same one you would use to login to PAWS or mits.usask.ca). Click Next to continue.
- This will fail with an error about an invalid email address or password. You will then be returned to the previous screen.
- This time select: I will provide the settings and enter the following:

- For email type select POP/IMAP.
- Email address will be the same as before.
- Password will be the same as before.
- Email server should be mail.usask.ca.
- User name should be your NSID.
- Click on Next to continue.
- Your new account should now be configured and ready to start receiving email.