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The e-ID
Your pass(word) to the SIUE online realm
Justin Gibson
Issue date: 8/17/07 Section: News
A way to stay connected within the SIUE community is through the Cougar e-ID, which is short for electronic identification.
Students, faculty and staff wanting an e-ID apply for one through the Office of Information Technology. Applicants are assigned an e-ID and corresponding password. The password must be between seven to eight characters, or else access to the services provided will be denied.
With an e-ID, a person will gain access to many services at SIUE, including Blackboard courses, dial-up access to the Internet, document imaging, e-Mail and a personal web page. Further services can be added to the e-ID account depending on the person's position at SIUE, referring to whether that individual is a student, faculty or staff member.
Not having your own e-ID won't be a problem for anyone anytime soon, according to Information Technology Manager Brian Lotz.
"An e-ID is reserved for every student, staff and faculty member upon their official start or registration," Lotz said in an e-mail. "Most everyone activates them immediately in order to have access to the services."
To properly ensure a person has continual access to all services provided with an e-ID, they must renew their password every 60 days or it will expire. To do this, visit the e-ID page at siue.edu/eid, and select the fourth option, "I know what my password is and I want to change it." This option is still available to expired passwords. If a password is lost, a visit to OIT at Dunham Hall in Room 0210 is necessary.
If a person's e-mail inbox exceeds the allowed five megabytes, the e-mail will be automatically archived every night at 9 p.m. If that person wishes to return their archived e-mail, they should visit the e-ID Web site for instructions.
This was case for freshman Aaron Eimer, who initially panicked when he had his e-mail archived and was unsure what exactly had happened.
"Some of my e-mail just disappeared, and I didn't know what to do," Eimer said. "Eventually though, it all returned back to normal, and I got everything back that I thought I had lost."
After 180 days following graduation or non-registration of classes, the account becomes locked, and then if 30 days pass after this, the account will be terminated. Any issues with the e-ID, which that are unable to be correctly solved over the Internet warrant a phone call to the Customer Support Center of OIT at 650-3739.
Students, faculty and staff wanting an e-ID apply for one through the Office of Information Technology. Applicants are assigned an e-ID and corresponding password. The password must be between seven to eight characters, or else access to the services provided will be denied.
With an e-ID, a person will gain access to many services at SIUE, including Blackboard courses, dial-up access to the Internet, document imaging, e-Mail and a personal web page. Further services can be added to the e-ID account depending on the person's position at SIUE, referring to whether that individual is a student, faculty or staff member.
Not having your own e-ID won't be a problem for anyone anytime soon, according to Information Technology Manager Brian Lotz.
"An e-ID is reserved for every student, staff and faculty member upon their official start or registration," Lotz said in an e-mail. "Most everyone activates them immediately in order to have access to the services."
To properly ensure a person has continual access to all services provided with an e-ID, they must renew their password every 60 days or it will expire. To do this, visit the e-ID page at siue.edu/eid, and select the fourth option, "I know what my password is and I want to change it." This option is still available to expired passwords. If a password is lost, a visit to OIT at Dunham Hall in Room 0210 is necessary.
If a person's e-mail inbox exceeds the allowed five megabytes, the e-mail will be automatically archived every night at 9 p.m. If that person wishes to return their archived e-mail, they should visit the e-ID Web site for instructions.
This was case for freshman Aaron Eimer, who initially panicked when he had his e-mail archived and was unsure what exactly had happened.
"Some of my e-mail just disappeared, and I didn't know what to do," Eimer said. "Eventually though, it all returned back to normal, and I got everything back that I thought I had lost."
After 180 days following graduation or non-registration of classes, the account becomes locked, and then if 30 days pass after this, the account will be terminated. Any issues with the e-ID, which that are unable to be correctly solved over the Internet warrant a phone call to the Customer Support Center of OIT at 650-3739.
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