Your Questions Answered:
Why do I need an alumni email address?
You will want to set up an email forwarding account through the Alumni Association by registering for Irish Online. This email forwarding account is available to students as well as alumni and never needs to change, but gives you the flexibility to set your destination email address as your primary email account now and change it as often as you need to when you graduate, switch jobs or use new service providers. You get to choose your own address which uses the form sample@alumni.nd.edu. Click here to register .
How do I save emails from my student account?
If you used Webmail as your mail client or if you setup a desktop client using the IMAP protocol, you'll want to be sure to download or save any messages you want for the future on your local hard drive.
When does my student account close?
Your ND account will
only remain active for a maximum of 60 days after you leave.
What happens to my student files saved on the network?
You'll want to be sure to download any files in your AFS space or NetFile space that you may want to have for the future. The most convenient way to access your AFS and NetFile space is using WebFile. All OIT owned computer clusters have CD burning hardware and software for your use.
What if someone sends an email to my student account?
You'll want to setup
a new email account (e.g., Hotmail
or Yahoo!Mail or alumni.nd.edu)
and forward your Notre Dame email to that account. You'll also
want to setup an auto-reply on your Notre Dame account to let
people know that your address has changed. To forward your Notre
Dame email and setup an auto-reply:
- Login to the Enterprise Directory Service (EDS) with your NetID and password.
- From the display of your personal entry in EDS, select the Email Options button.
- Click the link for Set Forwarding .
- Follow the on-screen instructions. DO NOT choose to "save a copy of received messages in your ND mailbox."
- Scroll back to the top of the page and click the link for Set Auto-Reply .
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
- Be sure to scroll to the top and click the Save Changes button to activate the forward and the auto-reply.
