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Your CSEE email may be forwarded to another address. Forwarding your CSEE email means that the CSEE mail server will send your incoming email to another email address of your choice. This may be convenient for some users, but please note that copies of forwarded emails will not be kept on the CSEE servers.
Your CSEE email may be forwarded to another address. Forwarding your CSEE email means that the CSEE mail server will send your incoming email to another email address of your choice. As of March 20th 2025, this can only be managed using our webmail client at [https://webmail.cs.umbc.edu webmail.cs.umbc.edu].


==Directions to forward your CSEE email==
==Directions to forward your CSEE email==


1. Log into your CSEE UNIX shell account.
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2. Type the following shell command to backup any existing email forwarding information.
# Select the "Settings" gear icon.
 
# Choose "Forwarding."
        mv -f ~/.forward ~/.forward-old
# Change "send a copy to" to include your desired email.
 
# Change status to "on."
3. Type the shell command below to create your email forward.
# Select "save."
 
          * Replace youremail@goes.here with the email address where you want to forward your email to.
 
              echo youremail@goes.here > ~/.forward
 
          * This command created a new file in your home directory called .forward with your forwarding email address inside it.
 
    Done

Latest revision as of 13:54, 14 March 2025

Your CSEE email may be forwarded to another address. Forwarding your CSEE email means that the CSEE mail server will send your incoming email to another email address of your choice. As of March 20th 2025, this can only be managed using our webmail client at webmail.cs.umbc.edu.

Directions to forward your CSEE email

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  1. Select the "Settings" gear icon.
  2. Choose "Forwarding."
  3. Change "send a copy to" to include your desired email.
  4. Change status to "on."
  5. Select "save."
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