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1 year ago

January 4, 2024

Alice Krige

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With plenty of storage and spam protection, you can send and receive e-mail with ease, reliability, and speed. In addition, registered TUT4Life users are able to access the Internet in computer labs, ERCs, and i-Centres via their TUT4Life accounts. Getting started is easy. Follow these steps.

How it works

You must be a registered student at TUT to access this integrated service. The 50GB email and 1TB SkyDrive account you’ll receive once you’re a TUT student will be automatically created with additional access to other Microsoft tools. Your account must be reset in order to be activated.

Steps to reset your account:

You can open any browser by clicking Start, Internet Explorer, or Open Any Browser
Enter the URL http://tut4life.tut.ac.za/
You can reset your password by clicking “Reset My Password”
Click on Submit after entering your student ID number
You have now changed your password to one that you created yourself. Remember to follow all Password Rules!
Choose a new password now. The following criteria should be noted when choosing a password
You can access your email after two minutes if you confirm your new password and wait for it to sync.

Password Criteria

Four of the following categories must be included in the password:
- Characters from A to Z in uppercase
- Lowercase characters (a through z)
- Numbers from 0 to 9 based on base 10
- Special characters: ~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|\(){}[]:;”‘<>,.?/
Minimum password length is eight characters, maximum is sixteen characters
Passwords may not contain your student number
Four consecutive numbers cannot be used in a password
It is not permitted for the password to contain a user’s account name (full name and surname).