Student E-mail

Email is provided via Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 but will be upgraded to Exchange 2007 for the Fall 2009 Term.

The webmail address is: https://mail.colin.edu/exchange

There is also a link to the webmail provided at the bottom of the www.colin.edu home page.

If you plan to use POP3 the server address mail.colin.edu

If you use Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 there are better methods than POP3 to connect to the Exchange Server.  We do support RPC over HTTP which means that we can connect an Outlook client directly to the Exchange server so you could have access to your contacts, calendar and email.

We do not allow outbound SMTP.

USE YOUR STUDENT ID to logon to webmail.  For example if your StudentID is 000010345 you would actually just use the 10345 portion to logon.

The default password or PIN is your  6 digit Date of Birth. MMDDYY format

You CANNOT change your password within webmail.  All passwords must be changed in the  ALLIANT system.  This system will sync passwords throughout the day with the email and BLACKBOARD servers.

Mobile devices and email:  If you use a Windows Mobile device we generally can assist you with connecting that device to our Exchange server.  If you are a Blackberry user we do not have licensing to allow for students to connect to the Blackberry Enterprise server.  In general we are carrier agnostic.

Your email address is in the format of This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   which is generated using your first initial, entire lastname, and last 4 digits of your Student ID number.