How To Access Your Drake Email

If you encounter difficulty accessing your Drake email, contact the Support Center for assistance.

Accessing your Drake Email

Students can access their email either through myDrake:

• Launching your email directly from myDrake
  1. Log in to myDrake.
  2. Select the waffle icon at the top left side of your screen to display a list of applications.
  3. Select Outlook from the list of applications.
• Launching your email outside of myDrake
  1. From the Drake home page, click on Campus Links at the top of the screen followed by the Student's Landing Page link under for Current Students.
  2. Select "My Email", under the Quick Links heading.

FAQs

Q: What is my Drake email address?

A: As long as there is no other current student with the same first and last name as you, your Drake email address is firstname.lastname@drake.edu.  If that email address is already occupied by another student with the same first and last name, then your middle initial may be inserted between your first and last name.  If you have questions, you can contact the Support Center for clarification.

Q: I am having trouble using my Drake email.  Where can I go for help?

A: Contact the Support Center for more detailed help with your email.

Q: Why can't Drake use a non-Drake email account to communicate with me?

A: There are several reasons.  Among the reasons is consistency:  Some students have several email accounts (yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc.) that may change during their time at Drake.  Providing a consistent, valid email address for our students ensures a direct line of communication between them and the University.

Q: Where can I find more information about how to use my email, such as setting it up with an application like Outlook?

A: Drake Information Technology Services has a very useful email help page that is a great resource for questions like this.