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UMDalumni Permanent Email Address & Forwarding

The easiest way to let everyone know about your permanent email address is to change your "From" address in your email client so they are addressed from username@UMDalumni.com.

Microsoft Outlook 2007

  1. Exit out of Outlook.
  2. Go to   Start | Control Panel | Mail (If you are using Category view, select User Accounts | Mail)
  3. Click the  E-mail Accounts...  button
  4. Select the account you want to change and click Change
  5. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the E-mail address field.
  6. Click the More Settings... button
  7. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Reply E-mail address field.
  8. Click the OK button to save your changes and exit

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Microsoft Outlook 2003

  1. Exit out of Outlook.
  2. Go to   Start | Control Panel | Mail  (If you are using Category view, select User Accounts | Mail)
  3. Select E-mail Accounts.
  4. Select 'View of change existing e-mail accounts' and click Next
  5. Select the account you want to change and click Change
  6. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the E-mail address field.
  7. Click the More Settings... button
  8. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Reply E-mail address field.
  9. Click the OK button to save your changes and exit

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Mac OS X Mail

  1. Go to the Mail menu and pick Preferences
  2. Click the Accounts icon
  3. Select the account you want to change on the left
  4. Click the Account Information button
  5. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Email Address field
  6. Close the preferences window and click the Save button to save your changes

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Thunderbird

  1. Go to the Tools menu and pick Account Settings
  2. Select the account you want to change on the left
  3. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Email Address field
  4. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Reply-to Address field
  5. Click the OK button to save your changes and exit

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Other Email Clients

Microsoft Internet Explorer Mail (v3.0 or later)

  1. From within Explorer, open Internet Mail
  2. Select "Read Mail" from the Go menu
  3. Select "Options" from the Mail menu
  4. Click on the Server tab
  5. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Email Address field
  6. Click Advanced Settings
  7. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Reply To field
  8. Now Click the OK button on both screens.

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Microsoft Outlook Express

  1. Select "Accounts" from the Tools menu.
  2. Select your default mail account and press the Properties button.
  3. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Email Address field
  4. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Reply Address field
  5. Now Click the OK button, and then the Close button.

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Netscape Mail (version 2.0 or later)

  1. Select "Mail and News Preferences" from the Options Menu.
  2. Click on the Identity tab
  3. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Email Address field
  4. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Reply-To Address field
  5. Now Click the OK button.

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Pegasus Mail (version 2.3 or later)

  1. From the File menu, Select "Preferences" and then select "General Settings".
  2. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Default Reply Address field
  3. Click the OK button.

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Eudora Light and Eudora Pro For Windows

  1. Select "Options" from the Tools Menu (For earlier versions of Eudora, select "Settings" from the Special menu)
  2. Click on "Personal Information" (scroll down if you can't see it).
  3. Enter your new username@UMDalumni.com address in the Return Address field
  4. Click the OK button

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If your email client is not mentioned above but allows you to change your settings:

With permanent email, you continue to send and receive your mail exactly as you did before using the email program of your choice. To optimize your permanent email address, change your return address to your permanent email address. (Please do not change your IMAP/POP or SMTP account information, as you will continue to retrieve and send your mail exactly as you did before.)

Most popular email programs have a setup area so you can easily make these modifications. Here is the basic configuration information for a majority of email software packages:

Return Address: username@UMDalumni.com
Real Name: Your full name
SMTP Server (Outbound Mail) and IMAP/POP Server (Incoming Mail): This information does not need to be changed. If not already entered you should obtain IMAP/POP and SMTP Server information from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or your network administrator.

Note: Some ISPs do not allow you to send mail with any From address that is not in their domain. In that case, you will have to put your real email address in the Email address field, but you can leave your UMDalumni permanent address in the Reply address field, and replies will go to your permanent email address.

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