Difference between revisions of "WSU Email"

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*WSU email is the official WSU mail system. Students are to use it for WSU related business.
 
*WSU email is the official WSU mail system. Students are to use it for WSU related business.
 
*We will never lease your email address to any advertisers and we take a pro-active approach to blocking unsolicited-bulk email messages that could clutter your inbox.
 
*We will never lease your email address to any advertisers and we take a pro-active approach to blocking unsolicited-bulk email messages that could clutter your inbox.
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=Accessing WSU Office 365 Email=
 
=Accessing WSU Office 365 Email=
  
 
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==Students==
 
  
 
===[[Microsoft Office 365|Microsoft Outlook 365]]===
 
===[[Microsoft Office 365|Microsoft Outlook 365]]===
  
WSU email is located at [http://sky.winona.edu sky.winona.edu]. Your WSU email username and password is the same one you use for the WSU network, the Portal, and [[D2L]] if logging in through the WSU homepage.
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WSU email is located at [http://sky.winona.edu sky.winona.edu]. You will use your StarID followed by '''"@winona.edu"''' to log into your email. Your WSU email address, however, will remain the friendly email address, e.g. '''jsmith14@winona.edu'''.
  
 
*Use email through graduation and beyond
 
*Use email through graduation and beyond
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*Get access to your email, contacts, and calendar from anywhere including a broad range of active sync enabled phones (examples: Windows Phone, iPhone, Android)
 
*Get access to your email, contacts, and calendar from anywhere including a broad range of active sync enabled phones (examples: Windows Phone, iPhone, Android)
  
Watch for [http://blogs.office.com/2014/11/11/de-clutter-inbox-office-365/ "Clutter for Office"] to be added to your Microsoft 365 account soon.
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There are two major ways to access your email, via the internet and via a local email client.
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*[[Webmail]] - For accessing your email anywhere with an internet connection on any computer.  
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*[[Outlook]] - Program for accessing email on computer, has advantages over webmail.
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**The [[Outlook App]] is available and great to use on mobile devices.
  
 
===Student Storage===
 
===Student Storage===
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What this means is that we cannot support forwarding WSU emails to a different preferred account.
 
What this means is that we cannot support forwarding WSU emails to a different preferred account.
 
==Faculty/Staff==
 
WSU email is located at [http://outlook.office.com Outlook].  Your WSU email username and password is the same one you use for the WSU network, the Portal, and [[D2L]].
 
 
There are two major ways to access your email, via the internet and via a local email client.
 
*[[Webmail]] - For accessing your email anywhere with an internet connection on any computer.
 
*[[Outlook]] - Program for accessing email on computer, has advantages over webmail.
 
**The [[Outlook App]] is available and great to use on mobile devices.
 
  
 
===Faculty/Staff Storage===
 
===Faculty/Staff Storage===
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===Alumni Email===
 
===Alumni Email===
 
[https://learn.winona.edu/WSU_Alumni_Email Click here for information on WSU Alumni Email]
 
[https://learn.winona.edu/WSU_Alumni_Email Click here for information on WSU Alumni Email]
 
  
 
====Questions?====
 
====Questions?====

Revision as of 19:04, 27 July 2016

WSU provides email (webmail) services accessible via the web to students, faculty, and staff as part of the E-Warrior Digital Life and Learning Program. Be sure and check your WSU email account regularly as this is the way that WSU communicates with you.

Details

  • WSU email is the official WSU mail system. Students are to use it for WSU related business.
  • We will never lease your email address to any advertisers and we take a pro-active approach to blocking unsolicited-bulk email messages that could clutter your inbox.


Accessing WSU Office 365 Email

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Microsoft Outlook 365

WSU email is located at sky.winona.edu. You will use your StarID followed by "@winona.edu" to log into your email. Your WSU email address, however, will remain the friendly email address, e.g. jsmith14@winona.edu.

  • Use email through graduation and beyond
  • Protect email from spam & viruses
  • Use mailbox aggregation that allows you to aggregate other personal e-mail accounts within Outlook 365
  • Get access to your email, contacts, and calendar from anywhere including a broad range of active sync enabled phones (examples: Windows Phone, iPhone, Android)

There are two major ways to access your email, via the internet and via a local email client.

  • Webmail - For accessing your email anywhere with an internet connection on any computer.
  • Outlook - Program for accessing email on computer, has advantages over webmail.
    • The Outlook App is available and great to use on mobile devices.

Student Storage

  • 25 GB inbox

NOTE

According to FERPA Guide 2012 p 39: "Non-public educational data should never be sent to non-institutional assigned accounts... The institution would be held responsible if an unauthorized third party gained access to a student's education record...

What this means is that we cannot support forwarding WSU emails to a different preferred account.

Faculty/Staff Storage

  • Storage Space - 2 GB
  • Warning - 1400 MB
  • Prohibit Sending - 1500 MB
  • Prohibit Sending and Receiving - 1600 MB
  • Attachment size - up to 18 MB

Alumni Email

Click here for information on WSU Alumni Email

Questions?

Contact Phone Support at 507-457-5240.