Email Access After Leaving Minnesota State University, Mankato

Summary

What happens to email access when you leave MSU

Body

Overview

This article outlines what happens to MavMAIL email access when students or employees leave Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU).


Departing Students

  • Withdrawal or Transfer to schools not in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MinnState) system: Limited MavMAIL access remains for up to 60 days after the last day of attendance.

  • Transfer to schools within the MinnState system: Email access continues uninterrupted while attending another MinnState institution.

  • Incomplete Coursework: Students completing coursework under an incomplete grade retain their accounts for up to 2 years.

  • Graduates: Alumni retain MavMAIL access indefinitely. We recommend logging in periodically and updating your StarID password to keep quick access to your account if needed. 

    • There may be a delay of a few days to a few weeks after graduation when you are unable to access your account. This is due to your status changing from a student to an alumnus. If you need email access during this time, please submit a ticket to IT Solutions, and we will manually grant you access.

Departing Employees

Staff

  • Voluntary Departure or Termination: Accounts are disabled immediately on the day of departure; email access ends at that time.

  • Medical Leave or Extended Absence: Accounts may be temporarily deactivated until the employee returns.

Faculty

  • Sabbatical: Email access is retained.

  • Not Teaching or On Break: Email access continues for up to 270 days.

  • Termination: Email access is immediately revoked.

Emeriti

  • Receive a new email address ending with go.minnstate.edu when receiving emeritus status and retain access for life. 

  • Access to their staff account ends the day of employment. Emails stored in that address are not retained or carried over to the new email address. 

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Article ID: 1358
Created
Wed 7/9/25 1:13 PM
Modified
Thu 10/30/25 4:16 PM