What happens to my email account when I graduate?
Your email account is closed one year after the May commencement.
What can I do?
You have two options:.
After your account closes:
Alumni Development maintains an email forwarding system. Recent graduates can set up forwarding for life after their email account closes.
You may not set up this type of forwarding during the year that your account is still active.
The URL for Alumni forwarding is https://skidnet.skidmore.edu/AWC
Look in the left column for Email Forwarding.
Within the year after commencement:
Until your account is closed (one year after May commencement), you can set up your own forwarding through Outlook Web Access.
The directions follow.
Required Browser:
You need the premium version Outlook Web Access to create this rule; only the premium version has rules.
Access to the premium version depends upon your Internet browser and operating system.
Firefox and Safari access the basic version. Apple Macs can access only the basic version.
Only Internet Explorer in Windows can run the premium version.
Create a rule to forward your email to another account:
1. From a Windows computer, run Internet Explorer.
2. Go to http://owa.skidmore.edu
3. Log into OWA Premium, not Basic.
4. Click the Rules button or the Go to Rules button in the Navigation Pane.
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5. Click the New button.
6. Type a name for your rule.
7. Type an address in "Forward it to."
Caution 1: A typo in the address can cause your mail to disappear forever.
Caution 2: Closing an account to which you are forwarding will cause your email to disappear.
8. At the top of the "edit rule" window, click the Save and Close button.
Stop forwarding:
1. You stop forwarding by deleting the rule.
2. Click the Rules button to see a list of your rules.
3. Highlight your forwarding rule (step 1 below).
4. Click the X button to delete the rule (step 2 below).
Maintained by Brien G. Muller
IT Help Desk, Skidmore College
Rev. 2008.05.13