Student E-mail

All students are provided with an email account for use during studies at the University.  As well as using announcements in lectures and on your course noticeboard, staff use email as a main means of communication with classes of students and individuals.

Login to your email account at https://webmail.aston.ac.uk

Outlook Live & Exchange 2010

Outlook Live and Exchange 2010 are the new email systems for students at the University. The links below provide more information about getting the most out of the service. Undergraduates and Taught Postgradutes use Outlook Live, and Postgraduate Research/PHD Students use Exchange 2010 hosted at the University. The interface and functionality of both systems are almost identical.

First Logon - What to expect the first time you logon.

Outlook Web App Premium - The full-featured version of Outlook Live.

Outlook Web App Light - The simple, text reader compatible version of Outlook Live.

Desktop Email Clients - Connect your desktop email client to Outlook Live.

Mobile Phones - Connect to Outlook Live on the move.

Server Information - If you can't find the details to setup your email client in the pages above, these details may help.

Outlook Web App Premium

The Premium version of Outlook Web App provides an experience similar to using a desktop email client. The links below provide information about using the Premium web client:

• Overview

• Sending a message

• Opening a message

• Deleting a message

• Replying and forwarding

• Creating folders

• Moving messages

• Selecting multiple messages

• About Conversation view

• Switching on or off the Reading Pane

• Setup automatic replies

• Forwarding your mail

• Email signatures

• Switching to light mode

• Searching your mailbox

• Checking your quota

Outlook Web App Light

The Light version of Outlook Web App provides an experience similar to using other webmail providers including SquirrelMail. The links below provide information about using the Light web client:

• Overview

• Sending a message

• Opening a message

• Deleting a message

• Replying and forwarding

• Creating folders

• Moving messages

• Selecting multiple messages

• Setup automatic replies

• Email signatures

• Switching to premium mode

• Searching your mailbox

Desktop Email Clients

You can connect most desktop email clients to your mailbox either by using the Microsoft Exchange option in your email client or via the IMAP or POP3 protocols.

• Connecting Outlook 2010/2007

• Connecting Mozilla Thunderbird

• Connecting Mac Mail on Snow Leopard

• Connecting Entourage 2008

Server Information - If you can't find the details to setup your email client above, these details may help.

Mobile Phones

Many mobile phones can be connected to your mailbox by using the Exchange Activesync protocol or by using IMAP or POP3.

• Connecting BlackBerry

• Connecting Apple iPhone

• Connecting Google Android

• Connecting Windows Phone

• Connecting Nokia Smartphones

For other phones, please see our Server Information page for details on the server names to use for configuring the protocol supported by your decice.