Converting your personal account
From Showme to Tigermail Network Server
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Showme VS Tigermail
What is a Showme Account?
A Showme account is an account on the largest
MU network server, named “Showme”. This
account allows you access to email both on
campus and from home. Prior to fall semester of
1999, student may convert to the new student
Tigermail server (mizzou.edu).
What is my Showme login &Email address?
Your Showme account will be create after you
have enrolled and fee paid or the first day of
classes. Student logins (also called user names
or userIDs) are the letter ”c followed by your
student number. For example, if your student
number was 123456, then your login would be:
c123456
Note that the “c” must be in the lower case and if
you have three zeros at the beginning of your
student number, they are dropped. Your e-mail
address format should be:
userIDs@showme.missouri.edu with no space in
the e-mail address.
Example: c123456@showme.missouri.edu
What is my Showme password?
Showme accounts have a default password that
you can change after you login for the first time.
Your default password is the month and day of
your birthday (2digits each), followed by your 4digid
registration
PIN
in
the
form
[MMDDPINS].
Note that your password do not include the birth
year. For example, if you were born March 2,
and your PIN was 9999, then your password
would be: 03029999
If you have forgotten your PIN number, go to
130 Jesse to obtain a new one
How to get a Showme account?
Student Showme accounts are created
automatically at the beginning of each semester.
If you are enrolled for classes a Showme will be
created for you once the registration database
shows that you have paid your enrollment fees.
The creation of the account is contingent upon
your payment of the student-computing fee. If
there is a delay in your financial processing, you
can get your Showme account created by
bringing a receipt that has been stamped “paid”
to the office in suit 100 of the Locust Street
Building at 7th and Locust.
What is a PawPrint (or SSO ID)?
In simple terms, PawPrint allows you to use one
user ID and one password, i.e., your single singon (SSO) ID, to access most MU resources
including the web, e-mail and Showme. Your
PawPrint is based upon your initials and some
random characters to ensure uniqueness. You
may select your own password. The PawPrint
user ID and password will also be your
Exchange (Tigermail) e-mail ID and password.
Do I already have a PawPrint?
If this is your first semester at MU, you are
already set. If you are a returning student and
have an old format (Showme username or
userID), you may want to convert your ID to the
PawPrint and get an account on the Tigermail
server.
How do I get to e-mail at Tigermail server?
You can access your mail from home, outside the
University, or anywhere you have access to the
web and a web browser. The web interface is a
bit different and not every feature is available,
but it’s a very handy way to keep in touch with
your e-mail. Your e-mail address is your
PawPrint@mizzou.edu. With your PawPrint and
password you can access your e-mail. Your
default password is two digits of your birth
month and two digits of your birth date, followed
by your 4-digid registration PIN in the form
[MMDDPINS].
Note that your password does not include the
birth year. For example, if you were born March
2, and your PIN was 9999, then your password
would be: 03029999
(If you have forgotten your PIN number, go to
130 Jesse to obtain a new one.)
What are benefits of the PawPrint?
- Simplicity. Eventually PawPrint will be the
only ID and password you need to log in to most
MU resources including e-mail, Showme, and
the WebCT course-hosting server.
- Security. IAT Service is moving toward an
environment with PawPrint that will offer you
more security.
- Efficiency. PawPrint allows you to change
your password almost insanity.
Why the change from Showme to Tigermail?
Besides offering you a simpler, more secure and
efficient system, your new ID complies with the
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA) which requires that your student
number not be published. Showme performs
many other functions in addition to e-mail.
Moving student e-mail to Tigermail will lighten
the load on Showme and improve its efficiency.
This should make communication with other
students, faculty and staff much easier. It will
also allow the user of file attachments.
What happens to mails sent to my Showme
email account?
When you convert to Tigermail, all the mails in
your Showme inbox will be automatically
forwarded to your new address (additional
folders can be transferred separately). Your old
Showme address still works, but all new mails
will be forwarded to your Tigermail account.
You can inform your friends and family your
new PawPrint address, but don’t worry about
mails sent to the old address. You still get it.
(You may need to log in to your Showme
account with your PawPrint to get email to
forward the first time; it is also a good idea to
organize and weed through your email before
you get your PawPrint. When it forwards to
your new Tigermail account, all the received
dates will be changed to the current date.)
How do I use PawPrint in student computing
sites?
To use a computer in one of the IAT Service
computing sites, you will need to log on using
PawPrint ID and password.
This will
authenticate you as a valid student and set up the
computer with the preferences you have chosen
for Netscape Manager.
This is for your
protection.
To convert your Showme to Tigermail, you have to follow these steps:
1.
Through a web browser, go to http://webmail.mizzou.edu by typing the address at the location area
then press the enter key at the keyboard. You will get exactly the same window, shown below, with
the URL address of http://webmail.mizzou.edu/exchange/logon.asp at the location area.
http://webmail.mizzou.edu
❏ Yes, I got the Student Web Access to Tigermail.
(All right, go to the next step)
❏ No, I had a hard time to open the web page.
(Try again. It is not hard to do)
2.
Type your student number in the “Look up your PawPrint Id” space, and Click at Look up icon.
Click here after
entering your student
ID
The SSO Account Manager window will be brought up, including your account data. The sample is
shown below.
❏ Yes, I found my PawPrint ID
(Ok, you can click the link “do so here” to continue)
❏ No, I haven’t found my PawPrint ID yet
(You need to go back to the previous page by click back at the top of the window and try again)
3.
Click at the link ”do so here”. You will be led to the next window, Single Sing-on Userid
Maintenance. At this step you need to fill out the form and click at the submit icon.
❏ Yes, I got the Single Sign-on Userid Maintenance window.
(You can fill out your Showme ID and you Password now.)
❏ No, I haven’t gotten the window yet
(Try again. It is not hard to do)
Note: if you had already converted your Showme account to Tigermail server, the machine will give you
the error message as it is shown below
By the way, if you haven not converted to the Tigermail server yet, the machine will give you the result
window. When you have done this step, you will get the window to confirm your converting from
Showme account to Tigermail account, like the sample below.
Congratulations.
Your PawPrint ID is ptb6e
You email address is ptb6e@mizzou.edu
Important Information: It is critical that you cannot check your email in Showme account for 24 hours after
converting to Tigermail because during the period, the system is transferring all of your messages from
your Showme mailbox to Tigermail mailbox. If you connect to Showme before the processes are done, it
may cause some problems with your mailbox in both accounts.
Evaluation Part
To complete the instruction, you must demonstrate all steps one more time without looking the instruction.
After finishing each step, you need to check a correct sign in front of these boxes below.
Make a correct sign (√ ) in the boxes to verify when each step is done.
❑ Yes, I got the Student Web Access to Tigermail.
❑ Yes, I found my PawPrint ID
❑ Yes, I got the Single Sign-on Userid Maintenance window.
❑ Yes, my Tigermail is activated.
If you got all four boxes checked, you passed the evaluation. You can redo
the procedure allover again if desire. You can also go to the next unit.