Infrastructure Support
ECom Services
NetworkingCollaboration Software (Email)
Zimbra
Western Illinois University provides email to all of its students, faculty and staff via the Zimbra email platform. Email addresses are provided with the same materials that include your ECom username. WIU email addresses take the form of: J-Smith@wiu.edu, where "J-Smith" is your first initial and last name. If you are not sure of your WIU email address, it can be found in STARS under your address information.
Because Zimbra is a web-based email system, it is accessible from any web browser connected to the Internet. Our Zimbra web address is http://zimbra.wiu.edu. After the entry page loads, login to the system using your ECom username and password. The Zimbra Suite contains many features including mail, calendaring, a document repository, and an instant messenger client. WIU has compiled an information repository for Zimbra located at: www.wiu.edu/survey/Zimbra/
Upon ending your affiliation with WIU, your ECom account will be deleted. Student accounts are deleted the semester following graduation. Faculty and Staff accounts are deleted the semester after leaving WIU. In all cases, the system sends an email message before the account is deleted.
Email Quotas
ECom email accounts have a maximum quota of 1GB.
Mailing Lists
Our team implements an email list processing system. A list processor allows you to exchange messages with a group of colleagues. The server keeps track of the users on the list and has tools to archive and/or digest the messages.
