University Computing Services is offering students more e-mail options with larger inboxes.
Sarah LaChat, coordinator of technology documentation and support services said, UCS constructed a program during the summer which gave students the option to switch from the Ball State University e-mail service to the Google Apps and Microsoft Exchange Lab services.
The original Ball State e-mail service has 50 megabytes of inbox storage. Google Apps provides seven gigabytes and Microsoft Exchange Lab offers 10 gigabytes of inbox storage, she said.
The new programs offer other features including chat, mobile phone e-mail access and online document storage.
The new e-mail accounts are lifetime accounts which allow students to keep ties with the university after graduation and have a professional e-mail account for resumés, LaChat said.
Google and Windows provided the e-mail services for free, she said.
"This is something we are really excited about," LaChat said. "Students can get a ton more space and still have a Ball State account."
Students can sign up for new e-mail accounts by going to www.bsu.edu/ucs.
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