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Student Email Account
The University’s Electronic Communications Student Policy
states that MSU will use email to send official communication to students. You are automatically assigned your official email address when you become a student, and you should routinely check this email address just as you would your post office box.

Create a New Ra Account
Ra is generally used by faculty and students for Unix shell accounts for web page creations and access to software such as statistical packages, compilers, and other application software used for academic purposes.

Create a New GroupWise Account
Novell GroupWise is a groupware application that includes the essentials for handling email, appointment, and calendar needs. This type of account is available to only faculty and staff members and student workers (requested by their supervisor only).

Create a New Email Account for Departments and Organizations
This account is created when a department or organization at Mississippi State University requires a shared correspondence email account.

Create a New Novell Account
A Novell account is the university's typical method of granting user access to our secured file servers and networked printers. There are three major servers--Jade, Topaz, and Quartz-- and several departmental servers. You can access these servers ONLY from campus: dial-up is not allowed. This type of account is available to faculty and staff members, student workers (requested by their supervisor only), and Architecture students (restricted access).

Create a New Dial-up Account
Mississippi State University provides dial-up network access service as a convenience to students, faculty and staff. Features include access speeds of up to 56 Kbps (v.90) and support for PPP, Slip, and Telnet protocols.

Create New LDS Account
The University Long Distance System (LDS) provides faculty, staff, and on-campus students with direct dial access to worldwide telephone networks.

Create a New Administration Banner Account (60 KB PDF File)
Banner is MSU's administrative software package, currently containing university finance, human resources, student and financial aid information. This type of account is available only to faculty and staff.

Create a New myCourses Course
There are three types of myCourses courses, Academic, External and Development. All Academic courses are automatically created when a course is marked to use myCourses within myBanner (link to myBanner). Only External and Development myCourses need to be requested with this form.




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