Lehigh Computer and E-mail accounts - Lehigh University provides an e-mail address for every student, staff and faculty member. This address is used for all university-related e-mail, so you must open and activate your Lehigh computer account in order to begin using Lehigh e-mail and to be able to access your account on various Lehigh computers. Your Lehigh e-mail address will stay the same until you graduate, so plan on using it for the next few years!

1. Open Your Lehigh Computer Account - You will need to enter your Social Security number and birth date in order to identify yourself, so have these items handy.

• Go to the following web site to begin the process: http://www.lehigh.edu/open
• Read and accept the policy statement.
• On the 2nd Account Password Management page, submit your Social Security number and your birth date. Follow the instructions on the next pages and make note of your 4-or 5-digit Lehigh computer user name (ID). You will use this user name and the password that you created to access all of the computer systems at Lehigh, as well as your e-mail account.

2. Access your e-mail account - You have two options for handling your Lehigh e-mail, read it directly from the Lehigh server, or forward it to another account.

• Access your Lehigh e-mail directly, using a web-based e-mail program:
  • Go to: http://portal.lehigh.edu
  • Click on the e-mail icon on the top right.
  • Enter your 4- or 5-digit Lehigh computer user name (ID) and password.
• Forward your Lehigh e-mail - If you already have an email account that you use on a daily basis, you may want to simply forward your Lehigh e-mail to this account so that you can read these messages using your existing email program.
  • Go to: http://www.lehigh.edu/account
  • Enter your 4- or 5-digit Lehigh computer user name (ID) and password
  • Under Electronic Mail Functions, choose Mail Forwarding
  • Follow the onscreen instructions to forward your mail. Be careful when you enter the forwarding address, because if you enter it incorrectly, all of your Lehigh e-mail will be forwarded to an incorrect address and will be lost to you.
  • After you are finished, test that you entered the forwarding address correctly by sending an e-mail message to your Lehigh address. It should be delivered to the forwarding address that you specified.

3. Order Your Book(s) - Do not order from the link on the Lehigh Homepage:

• Go to the Clipper site at: http://clipper.lehigh.edu
• Choose Clipper Courses, then Book Information for your course

4. Access your Course:

• Go to the Clipper site at: http://clipper.lehigh.edu
• Choose Clipper Courses, then click Course Login for your course
  • You may want to "Bookmark" the login page.