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Student E-mail Accounts

Steps to set up your Purdue Email Account

• Click on this link: http://directory.purdue.edu
• Click on " Lookup "
• Type your first and last name in the appropriate box
• Select " Statewide Technology Program " under " Restrict Search by Campus and Classification "
• Click on " Send Query "
• Click on " More " to get alias. Make sure you write this down.
• Click the BACK arrow on your browser.
• Click the " Edit " button on the right column
• Enter your username and password
• Click " Ok "
  • NOTE: This is the same password that you created in SSINFO
  • NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the password information to get through the System. If your password does not work right away, give it a few minutes and then try again.
• Scroll to the bottom of the list to the " service " field and click " change service "
• If you want to use Purdue web mail select " store " and click " ok ", BUT if you wish to forward your e-mail account to a different e-mail address, the click " forward " and enter the address you wish it to be forwarded. NOTE: if you forward your e-mail, you will not be able to check your Purdue e-mail account on webmail. You will only be able to check it to the forwarded e-mail account.
• When you see the screen with a stop light and the green light is on, then the information has been changed correctly.
• Click " Ok "
• Your e-mail address will be: username@purdue.edu
• Please remember your password

Check E-mail by webmail

• Click on this link: http://webmail.purdue.edu
• Login with the same username and password as before. (same as SSINFO)
• You will see an inbox.

Congratulations,
you have successfully
set up your @purdue.edu email account

 

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