As of February 1, 2023, new student email accounts are provided through Microsoft Office365. Students admitted prior to February 1, 2023, continue to have email accounts through Google (G邮件). Depending on when your email account was created, you may have a Google email account or an Office365 email account. 了解更多 about each service below.
When you are admitted as a new student and create a 迈达斯 account, your student email account is automatically activated. This email -- the official system for all University-related communications, 政策, 公告, tuition bills and other information -- is yours for as long as you remain a student and is deleted one year after your last class at ODU, 是否毕业, transfer or decide not to register for additional classes.
Office365
2月以后录取的学生. 1, 2023
If your student email account was created after February 1, 2023, your email is provided through Office365. Access your account in one of the following ways:
ODU faculty and staff also use Office365 for email. You can find more detailed information about Office365 at ODU on the Office365电子邮件页面.
G邮件
students admitted before Feb. 1, 2023
If your student email account was created before February 1, 2023, your email is provided through Google. Access your account in one of the following ways:
Google has some great instructions on forwarding or un-forwarding your email from one account to another:
Find instructions for forwarding 邮件 in Office365/前景 here:
Your 迈达斯 password is also your student email password. You can change or reset your password at 迈达斯.it-jesrro.com.
ODU student email accounts are for active ODU students. If you have not registered for a class in 3 semesters, you will receive a notice that your email account will be purged. Soon after the notice, your account will be deleted. (There are a few exceptions; if you feel you need to keep your ODU email account, send an email to itshelp@it-jesrro.com.)
We have more information about taking your Google data with you on our Google Workspace for Education 页面.
前景: Export or backup email, contacts, and calendar to an 前景 .pst文件
ITS has no access to student accounts in G邮件. We are unable to access your 邮件box, so we can't restore any data, individual messages or 邮件boxes.
Office365 users may be able to recover deleted items in 前景.
Google/G邮件: There is a 20 MB size limit imposed, meaning that no individual email can be larger than 20 MB. If you try to send a message with attachments that add up to more than 20 MB, 消息会反弹. If someone tries to send you an email that is over 20 MB, it too will bounce.
Office365/前景: Individual messages are limited to 25 MB per email.
Google/G邮件: ITS has no control over spam settings in G邮件. However, any email address that you add to your G邮件 contacts will never be marked as spam.
Office365/前景: You can add email addresses and domains to your lists of blocked senders or safe senders. 去 前景.it-jesrro.com and follow the instructions provided in this article from Microsoft: Filter junk email and spam in 前景 on the web