Northern Illinois University

Information Technology Services

GroupWise E-Mail Client

The standard e-mail application for NIU faculty and staff is GroupWise.

How do I get the GroupWise Client from Off-Campus - you must have a NIU IP address to download the client, to do this you will need to have  VPN installed.

  1. GroupWise Product Requirements
  2. Download the GroupWise 7.0.2 client:
  3. CD ISO Image: The image can be used to create your own installation CD. The CD contains all the clients referenced above for Windows, Macintosh, And Linux.
    • MD5 Checksum is: 0F58350D181DA789C013E3DBEFA4622D
  4. Off-campus GroupWise users can download the clients listed above, but it it may be necessary to first connect to the NIU Network via VPN, PPTP, etc. Please follow the same steps required to connect to the NIU Libraries in order to download these clients.

GroupWise Instant Messenger (GWIM) Client

The instant messenger client is available for users with GroupWise accounts. The GWIM client is independent of the GroupWise client.