Introducing SVSU Vmail for SVSU Students
Student email accounts reside on a new web based email system featured with messaging and collaboration application offering reliable, high-performance email, address books, calendaring, task lists, and web document authoring capabilities. The system provides SVSU students a free web based email account - accessible from any web browser, from anywhere you have access to the Internet; which means you no longer have to configure or remember what the default mail server name is.
All registered students will have an account automatically created for them. New accounts will require users to "change" their password before having access to SVSU accounts. This can be done from: https://www.svsu.edu/changepassword/.
This system will "synchronize" the Novell Network and Vmail systems to provide you with one username and one password to remember. Anyone wanting to use a computer lab will be required to login with their Novell account.
This document will help you get familiar with how to access your Vmail account via a web browser.Steps to accessing your Vmail account
- Establish a connection to the Internet.
If connecting from off-campus, you have to establish a connection via some ISP (Internet Service Provider). SVSU has teamed up with some broadband service providers to provide a discounted high-speed alternatives to dial-up: view them here. SVSU microcomputer labs and student housing units enjoy high-speed direct connections to the Internet. - Launch your favorite Web Browser. (Netscape or Internet Explorer)
- Enter the following URL, or click on this link: vmail.svsu.edu
- Login to your Vmail account. Use your e-mail ID as the "username". If you don't know your password, you can change it: https://www.svsu.edu/changepassword/
- Logout to end your session.
Change your Default Template (View)
Vmail allows you to choose which web client version you want to use each time you log in, either default Advanced, or Standard.
- Default is the client type configured in the Preferences, General tab. It can be either Advanced or Standard.
- Advanced Web Client offers the full set of Ajax based web collaboration features. The advanced web client works with the newer browsers and the faster internet connections.
- Standard Web Client is a good option when internet connections are slow or users prefer HTML-based messaging for navigating within their mailbox.
If your preferred client type is not the default, you can change it after you log in.1. Click the Preferences tab.2. Click the General tab and in the Login Options section select either Advanced or Standard.3. Click Save.The next time you log, your selection will be the default
Changing Your Password
Recommendation: Use the Change Password web page to keep your system passwords synchronized for all SVSU systems (Vmail, Novell, WWW, VSpace). However, you may change just your Vmail password, which is automatically tied to your Novell Network password. To do this, log into your Vmail account and then click on the Preferences link and enter the appropriate information in Password section; then click the Apply icon found at the bottom of the page.
Lookup
To look up email IDs of faculty and students, go to http://www.svsu.edu/lookup/
Forgot your password?
Change it here: https://www.svsu.edu/changepassword/
Additional Questions?
- Click the Vmail Help icon for basic instruction.
- Check out the Vmail FAQ page.
- Find a lab assistant to help you, or visit the Student Technology Center, or
- Contact the ITS Support Center at 989-964-4225.