All currently enrolled students are assigned Mercer email accounts. You can find out your Mercer email address by searching the Mercer Online Directory for your name.
MercerLive, the university’s new student email system powered by Microsoft, will be available to all our students in the latter part of the Fall 2009 semester. For more information about MercerLive, click here. For details regarding our selection of MercerLive, click here.
In this section:
- Checking Email via the Internet
- Changing Email Passwords
- Setting Up Email Access (Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, or mobile device)
Checking Email via the Internet
You can check your Mercer email account via the Internet. You must have an email account assigned to you in order to be able to use the web interface for checking email.
To check your email via the Internet:
- Visit http://webmail.mercer.edu/.
- Type your Mercer University ID number (from your BearCard) in the Username field.
- Select Student from the Server drop-down menu.
- Type your birth date in the Password field. Use the format YYMMDD.
- Click Log In.
Changing Email Passwords
You can change the password on your Mercer email account via the Internet. Once changed, the new password will become effective immediately. If you use an email access program to access your email account (e.g., MS Outlook, iPhone, etc.), you will need to update the password settings to reflect your new password.
To change your email account password:
- Visit http://student.mercer.edu:7633/chng_pwd/.
- Type a new password in the Type New Password and Retype New Password fields.
- Click Change Password.
- Type your Mercer University ID number (from your BearCard) in the Username field.
- Type your old password in the Password field.
- Do not check the Remember Password box.
- Click OK. Your password has been updated.
Setting Up Email Access
Several people choose to use an email access program, such as Microsoft Outlook, or a mobile phone to send, receive, and organize their emails. If you choose to use such a tool, you will need to set up your program to retrieve and send your Mercer emails. Even if you set up an email access program, you still have access to your email account via the web, as described in Checking Email via the Internet . Use the following settings to access your Mercer email account:
Email Server Information |
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|---|---|
| Server Type | IMAP |
| Incoming Mail Server | student.mercer.edu |
| Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)* | mail.mercer.edu |
| Mercer Email Account Username | 8-digit Mercer ID number |
| Mercer Email Account Password (Initial)** | Date of Birth: YYMMDD |
* If you are off campus and using an external ISP (Internet Service Provider, such as Cox Communications, AOL, Comcast, EarthLink, SBC, etc.), you must use their SMTP server. Here is a quick reference to some common providers and their respective SMTP servers. If yours is not listed, contact your ISP directly.
**If you have changed your Mercer email account password, then you will use that password, rather than the one initially assigned by Mercer University (as listed here).