Student Email/Network Resources

Student Email Help

You must activate your Student Account prior to receiving, sending, or reading your student email.

If you use following programs to read email, instead of a web browser, the email will be downloaded to the computer you use, and will not be accessible unless you change a setting.

Help Setting up Netscape Messenger and Microsoft Outlook:

How to set up Netscape Messenger (version 4.7) to access MATC Student Email

1. From the menu, click on Edit - Preferences
   
   
2. Open up Mail & Newsgroups
   
   
3. Select Identity
   Fill in your name
   Fill in your email address (your username@stu.matcmadison.edu)
   
   
4. Click on Mail Servers
   Delete the existing mail server
   Click Add and fill in the following fields:
   Server Name: stu.matcmadison.edu
   Server Type: POP3
   User Name: Click on the POP tab
   If you don't want the messages downloaded to your computer (so you can access them later with a browser), click the 'Leave Messages on server' box.

How to set up Outlook Express to access MATC Student Email:

1. From the menu select Tools, Accounts
   
   
2. Click on the Mail tab
   Select the line that has "mail (default)" as the type and click on Properties
   
   
3. Change the email address to your new email address (your username@stu.matcmadison.edu)
   
   
4. Click on the Servers tab
   For both the POP3 and SMTP server boxes, use stu.matcmadison.edu
   Check the box labeled "My server requires authentication"
   
   
5. Click on the Advanced tab
   If you don't want the messages downloaded to your computer (so you can access them later with a browser), check the 'Leave a copy of Messages on server' box.
   
   
6. Click OK, then Close

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