How do faculty and staff setup an email alias?

 

Remember, you can only have one email alias so choose wisely.
  1. Browse to ninernet.charlotte.edu
  2. Click Manage Account and login
  3. Click Add an email alias? in the Account Information section

  4. Type the email alias that you want into the Email Alias field and click Submit
    Choose an Email Alias

    Please keep the following in mind when selecting an email alias...

    An email alias must be longer than 8 characters or contain a dot (.) AND be in all lowercase Your new alias will become the address that your emails will come from and others can send to Once an alias is set, it cannot be changed You will be presented with some common email alias suggestions like:
    • firstname.lastname@uncc.edu
    • lastname.firstname@uncc.edu
    • firstinitial.lastname@uncc.edu
    If there are no suggestions, you can try including your middle initial Your new alias may take up to 24 hours to process
  5. You will be prompted to confirm the email alias you entered is correct and what you want
  6. Click Submit to Confirm your email alias
  7. The email alias you created will now display in the Account Information section on the NinerNET website for password and account management

     

Info

  1. Email address alias will display in the online campus directory
  2. Listservs may need to be updated to receive email from your email alias
  3. UNC Charlotte Google Groups you are a member of will continue to work
  4.  To prevent clutter, Gmail doesn't deliver messages that you send to your own alias (or to a Group you belong to) to your inbox. You can find the message in Sent Mail or All Mail. More details are available on the Google support site.
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Article ID: 201
Created
Tue 9/5/23 1:30 PM
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Mon 9/18/23 11:16 AM