To access your student e-mail account, log-in to OWA with your MyCourses/eCommons username and case-sensitive password. If you would prefer to use a desktop email client, configuration instructions are available in PDF format for desktop clients on both Macintosh and Windows-based PCs. NOTE: Student Computing supports only OWA.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Graduating Students: HMS email account and other MyCourses/eCommons services of students
graduating in the Spring 2007 will be
deactivated on Tuesday, July 31, 2007. Please save all emails you
wish to keep before this date.
Graduating students may set-up a Post.Harvard forwarding e-mail account by registering at the
Post Harvard Site. If
you need assistance, please read
the Post Harvard Help Section.
You can email them at haa_alumnihelp@harvard.edu or call 617-496-0559.
For more information about your HMS accounts and services, see frequently asked questions about
Graduating Students Issues.
Official Student Email Address: As of Fall 2004, HMS and DMS predoctoral
students will use the following official student email address:
firstname_lastname@hms.harvard.edu. HSDM predoctoral students
will use firstname_lastname@hsdm.harvard.edu.
As of 2006, HST students will use firstname_lastname@hst.harvard.edu. For those HST
students who arrived before 2006, this email format can be used as an alias.
Those students who have entered medical/dental school or a doctoral program before Fall 2004 will
use the following official student email address: firstname_lastname@student.hms.harvard.edu.
If you have any questions, please contact the Student Computing Support desk by filling out an online form.
Outlook Web Access (OWA)
Outlook Web Access (OWA) is an online webmail system that emulates the look and functionality of Microsoft Outlook accessible through a web browser. For full functionality, be sure to use Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x on a Windows-based platform. OWA works on other browsers and platforms at limited functionality.
• OWA Quick Reference
• Connect to OWA
(Log-in using MyCourses/eCommons username and case-sensitive password)
• HMS Email Policy
Configuring Desktop Email Clients
Student Computing provides support only for Outlook Web Access. Configuration instructions for desktop email clients are available in PDF documents, and have been written for the specific versions that Student Computing has tested.
• Configuring Desktop Email Clients
Other Resources
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Student ListServs
• Freebies: Desktop Email Clients
• Virus and SPAM FAQ
• BrightMail: Exchange Server Anti-Virus Protection & SPAM Recognition
Quick Links:
• Configuring Desktop Email Clients
• OWA Quick Reference
• Email FAQ