How to Access Email

Overview

This article explains how to log in to your MCC Microsoft Office email. Employees and students use different email formats, but the login steps are the same. You can access your email through a web browser, a computer, or a mobile device.

Getting Started

Email Address Format

• Students use their initials and ID number followed by @students.mclennan.edu. Example: jd0123456@students.mclennan.edu
• Employees use their first initial and last name followed by @mclennan.edu. Example: jdoe@mclennan.edu 

Access Email in a Web Browser

You can access your email directly through a browser using Outlook on the web.

1. Go to Outlook Web Access.
2. Enter your MCC email address.
3. Enter your password and complete Duo verification steps. 

Access Email on a Computer

You can use the Outlook desktop application on a computer to access your email.

1. Open the Outlook (modern) application.
2. Select Add Account.
3. Enter your MCC email address and follow the prompts to sign in.

Access Email on a Mobile Device

Your MCC email may work with other mail apps; however, the Help Desk only provides technical support for the Microsoft Outlook app, which is the recommended and fully supported email application for MCC accounts.

1. Download the Outlook app from your device’s app store.
2. Open the Outlook app and select Add Account.
3. If your MCC email appears, select it and click Continue.
4. If your email does not appear, select Skip and enter your MCC email address.
5. Click Continue and select Work or school account if prompted.
6. Enter your password.
7. Complete Duo verification when prompted.
8. Return to the Outlook app if not redirected automatically.
9. Select Maybe later when asked to add another account.

Policy

Your official McLennan Community College email account is provided through Microsoft Office 365. All students, staff, and faculty will use their official college email addresses when conducting college business as per MCC's Official Email Communication Policy. 

Termination of Email Access

After a 12-month period without any active courses, your student email account and all associated data, including Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive and Google Drive, will be deleted.

• It is not recommended to use your student email for long-term personal use or to link it with third-party services such as Google Photos, YouTube, social media, medical portals, banking, etc.  
• Upon leaving MCC, be sure to update any accounts, associated with or linked to your student email, with your personal email address.
• You can find information on saving your data at Former Student Account Deletion: What to Know and How to Save Your Data.