How to Register for Electronic Mail at U.Va.
To learn more about registering for electronic mail at U.Va., choose
the appropriate category based on what you have and what you need.
Information on how to register an individual
id
If you have instructions on how to register for electronic mail on the
computer system you are using at U.Va., you should use that method to
try to register your address. Departmental systems sometimes have a method
that must be used with the computers in the department, so if you have
an account on a departmental computer system, check with the system administrator
of that system to see if there is a particular process you should use.
Register a generic id
If you have a generic id, perhaps for an organization or project, the
only way to register this id is to compose an electronic mail message
to postmaster@Virginia.edu
and ask the electronic mail postmaster to register your id. The postmaster
will need to know the generic id and the full name of the computer where
the generic id is found.
General information on how to register
While each computer system at U.Va. usually provides a method by which
people can register themselves for electronic mail, the following method
should work for all members of the U.Va. community, regardless of the
mail system they are using, as long as they know their full local electronic
mail address.
To be able to use the registered electronic mail address:
U.Va._Computing_ID@Virginia.edu
and have messages sent to this address automatically redirected to a
local mailbox whose address is similar to:
email_address@computer.name.Virginia.edu
or
email_address@aol.com
use the mail registration form at the following address:
https://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/email/register
It should also be noted that those who are present members of the U.Va.
community can choose to register a non-U.Va. address, using the above
process, taking care that their non-U.Va. address and domain are specified
correctly in the registration form.
If you have an account on a U.Va. email server and an account at another
Internet Service Provider (ISP), before you register the non-U.Va. ISP
account, please keep in mind that some non-U.Va. addresses are not allocated
as much storage space as U.Va. accounts are allowed nor can they receive
messages as large as can be received in a U.Va. account. Also remember
that if you have an account on a U.Va. email server and a non-U.Va. ISP,
and you choose to register the non-U.Va. ISP account, you should also
establish an auto-forward from your U.Va. account to the non-U.Va. ISP
to insure that you do not ignore important messages that are sent only
to your U.Va. address. Information about forwarding your email from ITC
email servers is available on the web page at:
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/email/
under "Forwarding" in the left menu.
More help
If you have questions about or problems with registering, please contact
the ITC Help Desk via telephone at (434) 924-3731 or send electronic
mail to consult@Virginia.edu.
For Help Desk/Call Center hours and location click here.
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