Every student, faculty and staff member at CSU is assigned an email address. This email is accessible anywhere through web and/or various software. CSU uses this email address to send you important announcements such as emergency closings and event announcements.

Students - you are responsible for ensuring that you get your CSU email. Registrars, Admissions, and other departments use your CSU email address to send you information. Many professors will only send email to CSU email addresses. Professors are able to download class rosters that include email addresses, providing them with a much easier method for contacting students.

Faculty & staff - Your email account is created when you join CSU. This remains in effect as long as you are associated with the University.

Your email address & password

Online Guides: Eudora setup / Outlook setup / MacMail setup / Entourage setup

Address Format

If you do not know your email address you can find it in CampusNet or contact the Call Center at 216-687-5050.

When you sign into your email, please use your CSU ID number and your CampusPass password.

The basic email format is:
firstinitial.lastname@csuohio.edu
ex.: Jimmie Hendrix's email address would probably be:
j.hendrix@csuohio.edu
When would it NOT be this? If someone else with the same first initial and last name already has a CSU email address, yours may be different. (Email addresses are NOT reused when people leave the university.)

Email Password = CampusPass = CampusNet

If you do not know your CampusPass password you can contact the Call Center at 216-687-5050.
The password you use to access CampusNet is also your email password!

When you sign into your email, please use your CSU ID number and your CampusPass password.

Changing your password

You can change your CampusPass/CampusNet password in CampusNet.

Email Options

You can access your email through Campus Webmail, Outlook, Eudora and other POPmail clients. CSU supports Campus Webmail, Campus Deskmail, Outlook, Entourage, MacMail, and Eudora. Faculty and staff may, optionally, decide to use Campus Deskmail in their office. Deskmail works with Campus Webmail, providing the same access to email and calendar, but with a different look-and-feel.
Who is eligible for Campus Webmail?
1. All students
2. Faculty & Staff
3. Those associated with the University, such as student organizations (please contact the Call Center to request an email address, clearly stating your affiliation with CSU).

Who is eligible for Campus Deskmail?
Faculty and staff members who feel the Campus Webmail system does not have the look-and feel they need for business purposes. Setup Setup the software / Use the web version /
Your email account is accessible through Campus Webmail, Outlook Express, Netscape, Eudora, Outlook, and other clients. For all EXCEPT Campus Webmail, you will need to setup the client before you use it.

General Set-up Information

To setup the software you will need to enter the following information:

Type of email: IMAP
Outgoing server: smtp-server.csuohio.edu (Unless using non-CSU Internet provider- more info)
Incoming server: This setting depends on your role in the University. Please see CampusNet for your setting.
Login name: your 7-digit CSU ID number
Password: your CampusNet/CampusPass password

Detailed setup instructions:

Netscape - detailed setup instructions
Eudora (v.5.1) is available free to students, staff and faculty on IAP (CD version is available free in General Purpose Labs and in RT1104) - detailed setup instructions
Outlook is in the Microsoft Office product, available at a significant discount to students, staff and faculty (See more about Microsoft software discounts) - detailed setup instructions
Campus Webmail can be accessed from: webmail.csuohio.edu (or CSU homepage - click on Campus Email then Campus Webmail) - no setup is needed for this.

Forwarding CSU email

If you would like to forward your CSU email, please go to CampusNet and enter your 3rd party email address. STUDENTS: You are responsible for accessing the email sent to your CSU email account. If you are NOT going to access it through Campus Webmail, you are responsible for ensuring it is forwarded to a current email address.

To forward your email, you can contact the Call Center at 216-687-5050 or go to CampusNet: https://campusnet.csuohio.edu/index.jsp (or from the CSU homepage, click on CampusNet). If you do not know your CampusNet id and password, please contact the Call Center at 687-5050.

Details on how & why to forward your email: forwarding.html

Help

For help with your email, contact the Call Center at 687-5050.