For NYUHome account holders, a Personal e-mail address is an alternate address which people can use to send you messages. For example, say your NetID is aqe123. Your official, permanent NYUHome e-mail address is aqe123@nyu.edu. At this starting point, your "Personal address" is also set to aqe123@nyu.edu.
If you then decide you want your Personal e-mail address to be albert.q.einstein@nyu.edu, mail can be sent to you EITHER at albert.q.einstein@nyu.edu OR aqe123@nyu.edu. In either case, incoming e-mail will be delivered to your NYUHome account.
Creating Your Personal Address:
- Log into NYUHome.
- Select the Preferences link in the upper right-hand menu bar of your NYUHome screen.
- Under the section for YOUR EMAIL, find the option for "Personal address".
- Click on the Edit link.
- The personal email address preferences screen will be displayed with your current address choices. Before choosing a personal address, we encourage you to read the Personal Address policy for important information. Keep in mind that you can only change your personal address once a year, so be sure to choose one you like, and be careful to spell it correctly. (You will have a chance to confirm your choice.)
- Once you've decided on a personal address, type it into the space provided and click the "Submit" button.
- A pop-up window with a confirmation message will appear. If you're ready to commit to your new address, click the "Confirm" button. If not, click the "Cancel" button.
- If your personal address choice is valid, you will receive a confirmation message. If not, you will be asked to go back and choose another address. Keep in mind the configuration policy when choosing your new address as certain restrictions apply.
Your new personal address will be available for use once you receive your confirmation message. After this, email can be sent to you at either your personal address (e.g., albert.q.einstein@nyu.edu) or your official NetID address (e.g., aqe123@nyu.edu). In either case, incoming email will be delivered to your one NYU email inbox.
How does this relate to the e-mail program I use to read and send mail?
Once you have selected a Personal address, you can configure your e-mail program to show that e-mail you send is coming "From" that address. In the example above, you would configure your mail program to use albert.q.einstein@nyu.edu as your "From" address (This configuration is updated automatically for users of Communication Express, the webmail program within NYUHome).
Is my Personal address a new e-mail account? Does picking a Personal address change my NetID?No, your e-mail account is your NYUHome account, and your university NetID is unchanged. Your Personal e-mail address is just a synonym for your NetID@nyu.edu official address. In other words, albert.q.einstein@nyu.edu is an e-mail "alias" for aqe123@nyu.edu.
What if I don't like the Personal Address I chose?
Be careful! You can only change your Personal address once per year. However, at any time you can cancel your Personal address selection, resetting it to your NetID@nyu.edu address. If you do this, mail sent to your former Personal address will no longer be delivered.
What is the difference between a Directory address and a Personal e-mail address?
A Directory address is an e-mail address published in the NYU public online directory. If you are listed in the directory, then people can find your e-mail address and send you messages. Consequently, your Directory address should be set to the address you wish people to use to send your mail.
Normally, it is best for your Personal e-mail address and your Directory address to be the same. However, some people have more than one e-mail account at the university: for example, both an NYUHome account and an e-mail account on a departmental server. In such a case, you might prefer to publish the departmental server address. To accommodate this situation, you have the option of directly setting your Directory address to an NYU e-mail address different from your Personal emmail address.
NOTES: All NYU employees are listed in the online directory with their office address, phone number, and e-mail address. In the interest of privacy, students are not listed in the online directory unless they opt-in at start.nyu.edu. The online directory is searchable at www.nyu.edu/search.nyu.
For more information and updates, please visit the ITS website's page about Personal Email Addresses:
http://www.nyu.edu/its/email/address/
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