Academic Computing Services

Wireless spots are available on campus in these areas:
- Spartan Spot Cafe
- College Center
- Madonna Hall Lounge
- Montante Family Library
- the college residences: Marguerite Hall dorm and the apartments

Directions for setting up your computer

Many students ask about “forwarding” their DYC email to their personal Yahoo or Gmail email addresses, because most people have a personal email account that they plan to continue to use in addition to their DYC address.

Even though forwarding services are not available on the D’Youville email server, you can still set up your Yahoo or Gmail email accounts to import your DYC email into those web-mail services.

First, you need to know the following 3 things about your DYC email account before you get started:

1. your DYC network username
2. your DYC network password
3. the D’Youville email server address for students, which is stumail.dyc.edu (the email server name is not the same for DYC staff)

The advantage to setting up your Yahoo or Gmail email accounts to import your DYC email is that you only have one webmail account to check. Since it is more convenient to check your DYC webmail this way, you’ll get your DYC email more regularly and keep up with the latest events on campus.

• 1. For Gmail users, log in and click on the Settings link in the top right corner of the screen.
  
• 2. Inside the Settings window, click on the link for the Accounts tab.
  
• 3. Click on the link to Add another email address.
  
• 4. Type your name in the first blank, and your complete DYC email address in the second blank.
  
• The example in the picture below is how a student named Pat Student might fill out the blanks in step 4 above.
  
• 5. Click on the button to Send Verification, then log into your DYC webmail to complete the verification process.
  
• 6. Confirm the verification by clicking the link in your DYC email (the one Gmail sent you) or type in the confirmation code in the blank.
  
• 7. Back in the Accounts tab, here at the bottom of the screen, click on the link to edit info for the new account you just set up.
  
• 8. Fill in the blank for POP Server with the address stumail.dyc.edu. The Port number is 110. NOTE: If you don’t plan to log directly into your DYC mail anymore, make sure the checkbox next to “Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server” is NOT checked, as shown in the example above—this will make it so that your DYC inbox doesn’t get too full. Make sure you click the Save Changes button.
  

1) Log into your DYC webmail

2) Click the “Options” link along the left side navigation panel:

3) Click on the “Change Password” button towards the bottom of the page:

4) Fill out the form to change your password. Enter “dycmail” in the domain field and click “OK”

The new password you make will now work for logging into STACI, too.

One of the more frequently asked questions (FAQ) we hear is about which login to use for which computer-based service. With several different usernames and passwords that a student could use on campus, it is not hard to get them mixed up.

For example, if you’re using your own laptop computer to connect to Blackboard wirelessly on the college’s wireless network, you’ll have to use two separate usernames and passwords. The table below helps straighten it out.

Here’s a quick overview of which login goes with which service:

• For more information about passwords that students use on campus, click here to browse through other posts on this web site.
• For more information about STACI, click here to browse through other posts on this web site.
• To read more FAQ’s and answers, click here to browse through other posts on this web site.

The computers in the computer classrooms and the computer labs have more than one web browser installed, so that if the web site you’re trying to access is picky about which browser you use, you have enough choices to get where you want to go.

Here’s a short list of some known issues:

Sometimes, you’ll find that the browser that works on your own computer doesn’t let you access the same web site when you’re using a college computer. There are a number of variables affecting your ability to connect, so rather than try to troubleshoot each potential problem, our advice is to just try the same web site with a different browser.