Electronic mail, commonly called e-mail, is a vital communication tool that provides the University community with a way to communicate from anywhere in the world.
E-mail is a versatile tool used daily by researchers, instructors, students and employees to:
- exchange information
- send assignments
- provide additional class material
- collaborate on class projects
- schedule study groups
- manage the business of running the University
- and much more!
Services
The University provides a U of S E-mail Service to all students, instructors, and employees as well as other members of the community such as professor emeriti, alumni and retirees. This e-mail service is provided on the mail.usask.ca server. As the University uses this e-mail service for official communications with students and employees, it is the recommended e-mail service for members of the University community.
Some members of the University community may also have access to other e-mail services on different servers that are provided by ITS or colleges.
ITS also offers a Microsoft Exchange collaboration service which includes e-mail. This service provides integrated calendar and e-mail functionality. It is available for a fee to employees with local IT support or desktop support agreements with ITS.
PAWS is the recommended way for students and others to access their e-mail. It is easy to use and as it is web based it is very accessible. It also allows you to access e-mail from up to five IMAP services within the portal.
Webmail provides a secure way for the U of S community to read and send e-mail using a web browser. It can be used to access e-mail services on a number of different servers.
Tools and Resources
Using MITS you can personalize your e-mail addresses.
The Campus E-mail Directory is a searchable database of employee e-mail
addresses. Inclusion in the e-mail directory is voluntary. Employees must personalize their e-mail address in order to be included in the directory.
Mailing lists can be created for specific groups of people or for people sign up to so they can receive information.
Learn about spam filtering, quarantined spam and how e-mail attachments can spread viruses.
Windows and Macintosh e-mail client set-up guides are available to help you configure applications to access your University e-mail service.
