Unisa and Microsoft made a deal whereby all student accounts will be hosted on their Exchange Labs site. Since you are likely one of those GTD-type people who cannot stand the joy of checking yet another email account, there is an option to forward all mails to another email address. Fantastic — if it was enabled! I for one cannot find this option anywhere. Another way of getting out of this hellhole is to suck your @mylife.absa.ac.za mail from another service, such as GMail. To do this, use the following settings:
E-mail address: Enter 42342342@mylife.unisa.ac.za, use your own student number!
Enter the email password for the account
Incoming server: pop-eu.exchangelabs.com
Encryption: SSL
Port: 995
And you’re done. While I like their idea of using a single communications platform (cheap etc), I don’t like the idea of being forced into a solution that doesn’t fit my email routine. Hopefully this will help others who feels the same way.
You can find the forward mail option if you load the site using IE and not Firefox…I know, it sucks. Took me a while to figure that one out. The site looks completely different when opened with IE. Typical MS.
Interestingly, I managed to set up forwarding in Firefox (under Ubuntu 10.04), but chrome did not work.
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Yeah! I’ve been having exactly the same problem with this new MyLife account. I actually sent some feedback to Microsoft to tell them how fricking frustrating their service is. (seriously, how can they leave out such important options – in this day and age of internet and email… -_-) I also couldn’t find their POP settings anywhere… Thanks for helping me sort that out.
I’ve been using Google Chrome as a browser, and if that is what the problem is… then that’s real low MS. Real low. :/
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lm having a problem in accessing my my life account it has been two weeks now and havent been able to check my account pertaining exams my password which was given to me couldnt access and sometimes l cant get to the sign in page put it in this email address
I am trying to access my password in order to be able to access my emails.
i can’t access my life account i forgotten my password.
Cant access my life account due to password problem
I want to know my results of MBL 3
Hi.
I’ve just been made aware that some settings in mylife mail account are ‘invisible’ to any other web browser except IExplorer. Though i dislike iexplorer i have to say the inbox layout appears ‘nice’ with iexplorer.
The other issue is that you may not always be guaranteed access to your Outlook Web inbox through IExplorer. I could not access my inbox on Sunday 17th January 2010. I know my logon details are correct as I had no issues with Safari and Firefox browsers.
My POP3/IMAP settings work good. But am struggling with setting up access through Microsoft Exchange via Outlook.
Could it be that the MS Exchange periodicaly rejects access by Microsoft’s own products,Internet Explorer and Outlook?
I can’t get access to the various information i need for my assignments and studies as well.
its really frastrating.im also struggling to eccess my my life account to activate mu unisa accont. please i must submit my assignments.
i got assighnment aswel and i cant acces my account because it fails to go… It actuly links me to windows live instead of mylife account. Its so so geting me flipen mad
I have an account with myife and I can’t access it,it keep on saying my password is wrong. Please can I use my gmail account(tsmase@gail.com)
It looks like Unisa’s completely screwed up. Trying to access mylife takes you to Windows Live with absolutely no instructions on how to go further. I’m very computer literate and I still cannot see how one is supposed to access Unisa emails and hence finish mylife registration.
This one’s a Fail.
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hi,could’nt do my EUP1501 assignment bcoz of myUnisa problem.I did my assignment manually and submitted it in the box at unisa