Each student, faculty, and staff member is given an email account upon admittance to the institution.  All email addresses are in the format username@hillsdale.edu.  These email accounts are used for all official Hillsdale College electronic mailings and must be used in accordance will all relevant college policies.

Mailbox Size

Students are to keep their total mailbox size under 100MB, faculty and staff are to keep their total mailbox size under 1GB.  Refer to the Managing Mailbox Size page for help on keeping your email storage under contol.

• Users with less than 110 MB (1GB for faculty & staff) have full mailbox functionality.
• Beginning at 90 MB (1GB for faculty & staff) users are sent daily warning messages. Full mailbox functionality is maintained.
• Users above 110 MB (1.2GB for faculty & staff) will not be allowed to send email.
• Users above 250 MB (2GB for faculty & staff) will not be allowed to send or receive email.
• Full mailbox functionality is restored within an hour of reducing your mailbox size below the above levels.

Accessing Email on Campus Machines

After logging into a campus computer, open either Microsoft Outlook (on Windows machines) or Microsoft Entourage (on Macintosh machines).

Accessing Email via a Web Browser

Hillsdale College utilizes Outlook Web Access (OWA) for web-enabled email access for students, faculty, and staff.  To access you email from a web browser, go to: https://mail.hillsdale.edu and login with your Hillsdale College username and password.  Links to OWA may also be found on the Current Students page and the Faculty & Staff page.

Accessing Email on Personal Machines

Hillsdale College email accounts may be accessed via third-party applications (i.e. Outlook Express, Apple mail, Thunderbird) by entering the following information in the appropriate area of the application email account configuration:

• Incoming mail server type: IMAP
• Incoming mail server name: mail.hillsdale.edu
• Outgoing mail server name: mail.hillsdale.edu
• Check the box for "Server requires authentication"
• Use your Hillsdale College username and password
• Check the box for "Server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection"

Accessing Email on an iPhone/iPod Touch

iPhones and iPod Touchs can connect to their Hillsdale.edu email by following these instructions.