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Not sure how to open your ODU Email account?  Just follow this tutorial's steps, and you'll be on your way in no time!

First, open your browser, and go to the ODU main web page www.odu.edu. It will look like this, although the picture may vary.

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 Click on the section of the grey bar that says 'Current Students.'

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Now your page looks like this:   Click on the image for page view.

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Scroll down the page, until you see the link for 'Email Account Login' and click on it.   Click on the image for page view.

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Click on 'Request New Email or LAN Account.'   Click on the image for page view.

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Read this page carefully. When you are ready to proceed, click the 'OK' button at the bottom of the page.   Click on the image for page view.

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Now you are on the page that will let you open your email account.

On the left margin, click on 'Activate MIDAS ID.'

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Now the page looks like this:

Since you do not have a PIN number yet, you cannot use the first section called Leo Online Validation.

You will want to scroll down to the next section called 'Personal Information Validation.'

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Enter all the information requested in this section.

Then click on the button, at the bottom, labeled 'Personal Information Validation.'

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The next page will take you through a series of security questions--questions that only you will be able to answer.

At the end of the question series, you will be given your ODU email login information, and you will be asked to set your own password.

If at any point you forget your password, or simply wish to change it, you can return the MIDAS homepage (below) and click on 'Forgot your Password?'  You will be prompted to re-answer the same security questions you answered today, and assuming that your answers match (!) you will be allowed to reset your own password.

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If at any point in this process, your screens appear to be different, or you need additional assistance, you can contact the Office of Computing and Communications Services at this web page, or at 1-800-968-2638, X-3192.   They will be able to help you.   Click on the image for page view.