FAQs

No, not while you are enrolled at any of the campuses in the State Center Community College District. If you keep the account after graduation, you will see some advertising as you do on other mail services.

No, but we hope you'll consider it. Outlook Live has some benefits that other services do not:

(1) It identifies you as a student or alumni of State Center community College District . This is sometimes important, such as when communicating with course instructors who must be sure you are the person you say you are when discussing your grades or other protected information.

(2) The collaboration features on Outlook Live will facilitate group projects for classes and student organizations.

(3) The other features are comparable or better than what other free mail services provide.

If you wish to forward your email you can do so by following these directions.

The district email account username is the same username as your Webadvisor username.  The format is your lastname, followed by an underscore and then your seven digit student ID. 

For example:
smith_0123456@my.scccd.edu

The password is initially P@ssword123 but you will be reguired to change it the first time you log on.

To log in to your email account go to www.outlook.com

 

In order to use the complete set of features, and get the best possible experience from Outlook Live, you need to use one of the recommended web browsers - Internet Explorer 7 or 8 for Windows, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 or higher for Windows or Mac, or Safari 3.1 or higher for Mac OS X.

Microsoft provides support for your email account.  You may contact Microsoft by clicking on the Outlook.com web link and then find the link on that page to Microsoft support.

Outlook Live is the district's new student and alumni e-mail system replacing the CVIP email accounts. It is a partnership between the Disctrict and Microsoft, using Windows Outlook Live.

You can access Outlook Live on the web at http://www.outlook.com

Your Outlook Live Windows Live ID is lastname_studentID@my.scccd.edu. If you also have a personal Hotmail or Windows Live account, you may need to click "Sign in with a different account" before you can enter your Outlook Live ID.

Your Outlook Live Windows Live ID is a new, separate Windows Live ID and does not interfere with any account you may have already set up with Microsoft.

Every student recieves an email account when they submit an application for admission to the college. Every student that has submitted and application or registered for a class at any of the campuses of SCCCD in the past three semesters has an account. 

You may keep your Outlook Live account for life.

•  e-mail storage of 10GB 
• 25GB of storage space on Sky Drive that allows access from any location with a Web connection
• 5GB of Office Workspace storage for shared project work
• Calendar feature for personal, academic and student use (record appointments, share calendars, schedule meetings)
• Recognition and credibility of the @my.scccd.edu address - particularly valuable in conducting official college business or communicating with professors who may not recognize non-.edu addresses
• Ability to synchronize contacts and calendars with Windows Mobile and iPhone systems

Outlook Live is a free service for students and alumni.

It is also known as your Windows Live ID in Outlook Live and is your lastname_studentID@my.scccd.edu

For example: smith_0123456@my.scccd.edu

The first time you login to Outlook Live the password is P@ssword123 and you will be prompted to set a new password.

The server settings are as follows:

POP - outlook.com
IMAP - outlook.com
SMTP - pod51000.outlook.com

Note: Microsoft requires authenticated and secure transmission. To do this, you will need to set the inbound setting to "SSL" and the outbound for "TLS". In some programs, you will need to set the authentication for outbound (SMTP) to be the same as incoming.

The server settings are as follows:

POP - outlook.com
IMAP - outlook.com
SMTP - pod51000.outlook.com

Note: Microsoft requires authenticated and secure transmission. To do this, you will need to set the inbound setting to "SSL" and the outbound for "TLS". In some programs, you will need to set the authentication for outbound (SMTP) to be the same as incoming.

Outlook Live has its own spam filters and virus protections. Messages sent to alias@my.scccd.edu will be scanned and filtered automatically. Detected viruses will be deleted, and suspected spam will be placed in your Junk folder for you to review. It is important to periodically check your Junk folder to avoid missing a real message mistakenly marked as spam.

In addition to this, mail sent to alias@scccd.edu will also be scanned and filtered by our central anti-spam and anti-virus system.

Guides on how to do this are available here.