FSUIDADMIN Clients Quota Maintenance RPC over HTTPS SSH DropBox Utility Email FAQ

Chart Comparing Different Email Accounts 

How do I create a new E-mail account?

You will be given an @fsu.edu e-mail account (FSU's Java Email Server (JES) when you activate your Florida State University ID (FSUID). Typically your initials and the year you graduate., i.e., yourintials09@fsu.edu. For employees it will be your first initial and last name.

FSUID

You are eligible to create your FSUID account after you are officially accepted to the University or hired by the University and your HR paperwork has been processed. The FSUID account gives you an official FSU e-mail account, access to the FSU Network, Blackboard (http://campus.fsu.edu) for class registration, OMNI (for employees) and much more. How do I create an FSUID?

Visit campus.fsu.edu and click on the link "Activate Your FSUID".

JES Information

FSUID FAQs

Admin Accounts

Administrative (@admin.fsu.edu) Email accounts are available only for employees with USPS, OPS or A&P status. See the e-mail FAQ on how to request an admin account.

Admin Accounts for Students:

Student workers or Graduate Assistants can receive special student admin accounts.

See our FAQ to find out how to apply.

Generic Email Accounts

We do not create generic e-mail ACCOUNTS, but we can create a generic e-mail ADDRESS and the e-mail to this address can be handled in with a Shared mail folder. Here's how it works.

Here's How it Works

Email Quota

The Email quota is how much space is available on an Email account. When a user's quota is exceeded, all incoming mail for that user is "bounced" back to the sender. You will not receive any more mail until your disk usage is back under your disk usage quota. Be sure to check the 'sent items' folder to free up space. The FSUID Email account (@fsu.edu) quota for active non-OPS employees and graduate students is approximately 1 GB (1024 MB); 250 MB for everyone else. The quota for Admin Email accounts is 100MB.

Why am I still am over Quota after deleting messages.

Large Attachments

The size limit for attachments on the JES (FSUID@fsu.edu) and Admin (Exchange) e-mail servers is approximately 20 MB. Attachments exceeding 20 MB will automatically be removed from any e-mail sent or received on the JES and Admin servers.

Compression format files (such as .rar, .tar.gz, .zip, .gzip, or any other archive file) will be stripped from e-mails if they contain an .exe file or another potentially dangerous file type.

FSU has a drop box utility in lieu of sending attachments: Drop Box.

Length of Time Account Remains Active

You can keep your FSUID Email account for at least 6 months after you leave FSU (if you are no longer a student and no longer an employee and not an FSU Retiree). You will receive an Email approximately two weeks before your account is to be deleted, to let you know of this fact. The only FSU Email address you get to keep with forwarding-for-life is your @fsu.edu address. The @mailer.fsu.edu, @garnet.acns.fsu.edu and @admin.fsu.edu addresses are deleted when the account is deleted. Employees who are retired get to keep their Exchange (Admin) Email inbox unless they request to have it deleted. You can forward your e-mail and folders BEFORE your account is deleted. Click here for more info. . .

E-MAIL CLIENTS

These are the programs used to check your e-mail. They include Outlook, Netscape, Entourage, etc... Navigate this section to learn how to configure the client application you are using. Windows and Macintosh instructions are provided.

You can also check your e-mail via the web. Log on at webmail.fsu.edu to check your @fsu (JES) account (webmail).

Detailed Instructions for Various E-mail Client Setups

RPC over HTTPS (VPN)

RPC OVER HTTPs-- allows an outlook client to connect to the exchange server without having to establish a vpn connection.

Accessing Server Space

SSH -- SSH File Transfer Client is an encrypted telnet-like program that if configured correctly can be used easily by anyone. If you wish to transfer files into your Mailer account, you will need to use this program. You can also use this program to transfer files to your personal web site on the Mailer server.
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