Setting up Oberlin email

Colleges & Universities Oberlin College
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<p>***We have figured this out. Confusingly, a student has both a “<a href=“mailto:username@oberlin.edu”>username@oberlin.edu</a>” and a “<a href=“mailto:firstname.lastname@oberlin.edu”>firstname.lastname@oberlin.edu</a>” ID. Anyway, problem solved (but CC won’t let me delete my own post.)</p>

<p>Can anyone provide accurate instructions for setting up an Oberlin e-mail account? The “Big Book of Forms” (page 8) instructs the student to go [Center</a> for Information Technology, Oberlin College](<a href=“http://www.oberlin.edu/cit/newobie]Center”>http://www.oberlin.edu/cit/newobie) and “follow the online instructions.” It says “you will need your username” - but [Center</a> for Information Technology, Oberlin College](<a href=“http://www.oberlin.edu/cit/newobie]Center”>http://www.oberlin.edu/cit/newobie) asks for a username with an “@oberlin.edu” suffix - which seems to indicate the student should enter their email name, not their user name. </p>

<p>Thanks for any assistance you can provide!</p>

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<p>Username is usually first initial and last name, unless your name is common. For example: “JDoe” is a username for Jane Doe.</p>

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<p>Hi Plainsman - and thanks. I knew our D’s user name; I just didn’t expect it to be paired with “@oberlin.edu.” I was thinking that was the email address. But come to think of it, my own POP email accounts have user names that are different from the actual email address. So I guess it makes sense now! I don’t know about your home, but the countdown has begun in earnest here!</p>

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<p>Ya, we discovered that <a href=“mailto:JDoe@Oberlin.edu”>JDoe@Oberlin.edu</a> and <a href=“mailto:Jane.Doe@Oberlin.edu”>Jane.Doe@Oberlin.edu</a> BOTH work for Oberlin email. I sent one test email from my own email account to both of the above (in the same email) and they both hit.</p>

<p>Ya, the countdown has begun for sure. But I want my D to get a summer job. She’s never had a job! Summer or part-time. She’s spoiled.</p>