Using Student Email

One of the most common reasons for this is because Microsoft email server now keep track of the emails you read and the ones you don't. As new email comes in, it takes messages you're most likely to ignore and puts them into the "Clutter" folder.

The following Microsoft Help page will assist you with managing your Clutter Folder settings.

1. Go to Office365 in a new window
2. Enter your UniSA email address
   NOTE: Email format is <username>@mymail.unisa.edu.au
   OR
   Select your UniSA email address or if a non-UniSA email is listed select Use another account
   NOTE: This option will only occur if you have logged into your Microsoft email previously through the current browser.
3. Enter your UniSA Password on the UniSA Federation site
4. Select whether or not to Stay signed in?
   NOTE: We recommend you only select Yes Stay signed in? if on a personal device, where no other person knows your login details.
5. Click Outlook
6. You are now in your student email
7. Click New message
8. Open another Office365 session in a different/separate new window
9. Repeat steps 2 - 6
10. Locate the desired email that you are wishing to send as an attachment
11. Arrange/adjust both windows on your screen so you can see both at the same time
12. Drag and drop the desired email to the body of the New message in the other window.
13. The email will now appear as an attachment.
14. Enter email address(es) of recipient(s)
15. Enter any other relative information and click Send

Or for step by step instructions (including screenshots) see sending an email as an attachment through Outlook Web Access page.

This can not be done through the web browser, it can only be done through Outlook:

1. Ensure you have Office365
   
   1. Go to: portal.office.com
      NOTE: You will be asked to log in with your UniSA email address and password.
   2. Click Install Office

   For step-by-step instructions (including screenshots) see the installing Office365 page.

2. Add student email to Outlook
3. Ensure you can see both your student email via Outlook and online form at the same time.
   NOTE: You may need to reduce the size of the Windows and move them accordingly to achieve this.
4. Hold your left mouse down on the desired email
5. Drag the email to the indicated drag/drop zone of the online form and release
   NOTE: If the above does not work and the online form has a Browse option, drag the email to a blank area on your desktop, click on the Browse option and then navigate to the email.
6. The form will show a progress bar and then the name of the email
7. Complete the remander of the form as required and submit.

Step by step instructions (including screenshots) can be found on the Microsoft Support page.

If you send an email to what you think is a valid address for a UniSA Academic Unit and it bounces back to you, please try the following:

1. Try sending the email again by selecting the desired Academic Unit out of the Global Address List.
   NOTE: This will automatically appear when you click on To: and will allow you to search.
2. Contact the Academic Unit via telephone to confirm their email address.
3. Forward the bounced-back email to the IT Help Desk.

If you send an email to what you think is a valid address for a UniSA Staff member and it bounces back to you, please try the following:

1. Try sending the email again by selecting the desired Staff member by selecting them through the Global Address List.
   NOTE: This will automatically appear when you click on To: and will allow you to search.
2. If related to a course (whether previous/current/future) check the email address with in the Course Outline. You should be able to copy and paste the email address from the Course Outline as well.
3. Contact the Staff member via telephone to confirm their email address. If the Staff member has a contact number this will also be listed in the Course Outline or you can search the Telephone Directory.
4. Forward the bounced-back email to the IT Help Desk.

Postgraduate Students by Research will retain their old email address of [username]@mymail.unisa.edu.au and will gain a new one in the format [firstname].[lastname]@mymail.unisa.edu.au. Both email addresses will be delivered to the same mailbox and any emails they send will show from [firstname].[lastname]@mymail.unisa.edu.au.

If you are commencing postgraduate studies with UniSA, but you are not a Higher Degree Research student, your email address will not change and will remain in the format [username]@mymail.unisa.edu.au.

Nuisance emails are commonly referred to as 'spam' or 'junk' or 'unsolicited'. No matter the name used the meaning is the same: the recipient has not granted verifiable permission for the message to be sent.

The below will take you through how you can block senders.

NOTE: Student email addresses are provided by UniSA upon becoming active in a UniSA program. As such, any emails sent to student email addresses from a @unisa.edu.au address IS NOT spam. This includes students who are now Alumni or have redirected their student email to another address.

You can use the Help ? located in the top right corner of your student email or further instructions can be found on the Outlook on the web site.