Elgin Community College Email Services

Forgot Your User ID or Your Password?

Retrieve your student ID and your login User ID, and reset your password or security questions anytime.

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ECC Student Email

ECC student email accounts are provided by Google® using their webmail service called Gmail®.

Login Instructions

First-time user:

  1. You must reset your accessECC account password before logging in. Resetting your password will activate your email account and sync your email password to match your accessECC password.
  2. Once your accessECC password has been reset, your email account will be enabled. Log in at mail.student.elgin.edu.
  3. Your username and password will match your accessECC portal username and password.
  4. Accept the "Gmail Acceptable Use Policy" when logging in.
  5. After accepting the policy, your ECC student email account is ready. Your full email should look like this: YourUserID@student.elgin.edu

Returning user:

  1. Go to mail.student.elgin.edu.
  2. Enter your username and password; you will use the same academic network credentials to log into the accessECC portal.
  3. Select the 'Next' button to access your email account.

Please note that you also agree to abide by the acceptable usage guidelines by using the student email service.

ECC Employee Email

ECC employee email accounts are provided by Microsoft® using their webmail service called Outlook on the web.

Login Instructions

  1. Go to webmail.elgin.edu.
  2. Enter your username and password; you will use the same academic network credentials to log into the accessECC portal.
  3. Select the 'sign in' button to access your email account.