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Student Email

For a variety of reasons, an increasing amount of communication between the college administration and students, as well as between instructors and students is done using e-mail. All students are automatically provided an e-mail account, but an account isn't active and available for use until the student activates the account.

 

It is a good practice to check your e-mail account once a day during the work week.  

 

E-mail services for students are provided free by Microsoft through its Outlook Live service. E-mail addresses provided look like username@go.inverhills.edu with each person having their own username. This e-mail address is used by the college administration and instructors to communicate with students. Check it at least weekly, and daily if used by one of your instructors. The Outlook Live service provides a web e-mail client application. POP3 and IMAP e-mail client applications may also be used; see the Outlook Live site for configuration details.

 

go.inverhills.edu mail addresses must be activated before they can be used.

 

Basic e-mail account details:

• username is the same username for your campus network I-NET account the first four letters of your last name followed by a four digit number.
• password is set by you and synchronized with your campus network I-NET account; change your I-NET account passord and your Outlook Live password is also changed immediately.
• e-mail address is your-username@go.inverhills.edu

 

 

How to Activate Your Outlook Live Account

1. Change your campus I-NET account password. Why? So you can log into both your I-NET and Outlook Live accounts using the same username and password...finally! Each time you change your I-NET password the password is also sent to the Outlook Live service to keep them synchronized.
   1. If you are on campus using a campus-provided computer you can press CTRL-ALT-DELETE to access the change password application built into Windows.
   2. If you are not on campus or if you are using your own computer you can use the change I-NET password (https://www.inverhills.mnscu.edu/technology/password/login.aspx) web application; using the web application requires you to know your student ID number and Online Services password, this is the same username and password you use to log in to register for classes at eservices.
2. Log into and activate your Outlook Live account.
   Go to https://www.outlook.com and enter your new e-mail address in as your Windows Live ID and your I-NET password as the password. Your e-mail address looks like your-username@go.inverhills.edu where username is your I-NET account username. The first time you access your account you will need to provide some information. Just follow the instructions.
3. Set your @metnet.edu account to forward messages to your new Outlook Live address. Why? Since your e-mail address is changing we don't want you to miss any messages sent to your old address.
   1. Go to http://www.metnet.edu/email/index.html.
   2. Click the 'Set Account Options' link on the left to expand the list of options.
   3. Click the 'Forward E-mail' link Account Option link.
   4. Log in using your MetNet username and password.
   5. Scroll down to the 'Set Email Forwarding" section, click the 'Other' radio button and enter your new Outlook Live e-mail address into the text box.
   6. Click the 'Submit' button. NOTE: It may take up to 60 minutes for changes to take effect.
4. Test your forwarding setting is working properly. Why? Any time you change settings to a system it is a good idea to test that your changes are actually working as you expect. With e-mail forwarding you want to be certain the forwarding mechanism is actually redirecting the delivery of messages sent to your old address to your new address. You can do this by sending a message to your MetNet address. Because of the delay in changes to your MetNet account being implemented you may need to remember to do this later.  
5. If you want to use an email client such as Thunderbird or Outlook directions can be found here: http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/cc875899.aspx you will need the following information:

External POP setting:
     Server name: pod51000.outlook.com
     Port: 995
     Encryption method: SSL
External IMAP setting:
     Server name: pod51000.outlook.com
     Port: 993
     Encryption method: SSL
External SMTP setting:
     Server name: pod51000.outlook.com
     Port: 587
     Encryption method: TLS

 

 

You will also need this information to set up your Cell, Blackberry, iPhone or other mobile device.