Your e-mail account is created at the same time as your Academic Account and is typically this format: preferredname.Lastname@royalroads.ca. There are exceptions, for instance, if you have a number in your username, then your email address will be preferredname.#lastname@royalroads.ca
This is the e-mail address that students, faculty, associate faculty and staff at Royal Roads will use to correspond with you.
There are a few ways you can receive your RRU email
Forwarding (default is "on") - All RRU email is sent to your personal email account associated with your account.
Webmail (default is "disabled") - Forwarding is off, you log into our webmail server. (This option is disabled for students by default. please contact Computer Services by phone, email or Online Request Form to enable this service)
Mobile (default is "disabled") - With forwarding off, you can access your email on your mobile device directly from our server (This option is disabled for students by default. Please contact Computer Services to enable this service)
My Instructor says I need to use my RRU email account?
If you are in a program or course where the instructor requires you to use your RRU email for all correspondence, then the webmail and Mobile access should be enabled. However if you cannot access webmail, then please contact your Program Associate and explain the situation. The program associate will make a request to Computer Services to activate this service for ALL students in that program/course.
Which option is the best for my email?
Ultimately this will come to a personal preference; however here are some pros and cons for each option:
Pro - You get all your email (personal and RRU) in one place
Pro - You have no RRU email quota to worry about
Pro - You do not have to worry about transferring the email you want to keep at the end of studies
Pro - Simple to manage and nothing to do (this is the default)
Con - Limited tracking. (We can tell if the mail got to your personal mail server, we cannot confirm that it got to your personal mailbox.)
Con - RRU email can be blocked or caught in spam filters (see our known issues regarding Yahoo, Hotmail, Government, Sympatico and Gmail email addresses)
Pro - You have all your RRU email separate from your other email
Pro - We can guarantee delivery and track missing emails
Pro - Easy access to the RRU global address list
Con - Students, you have a 200mb quota limit so you will need to manage your email closely
Con - After convocation, your email account expires and is eventually deleted. You will need to save any email you want to keep before your account expires.
Con - Microsoft's webmail application does not have all the features when using Firefox or Safari.
Con - This option may be disabled for students so you will need to contact Computer Services to enable this service
Pro - Once setup, you have total control over your email
Pro - Works WITH Webmail. Both will have have access to all folders including inbox, sent and deleted items
Pro - Second most reliable way to receive RRU email since you are reading it directly from our server
Pro - We can track email sent to you
Con - Students, you have a 200mb quota limit so you will need to manage your email closely
Con - After convocation, your email account expires and is eventually deleted. You will need to save any email you want to keep before your account expires.
Con - Requires a setup
Con - You have another place you need to check your email
Con - Small screen to work with
Con - This option may be disabled for students so you will need to contact Computer Services to enable this service