Email at Stanford
Getting Started
Request a Sunet ID | Email programs at Stanford | Configuring your email program | Webmail
A free @Stanford email account is one of the benefits of a regular full service SUNetID. To request a SUNet ID or learn more about the computing services it provides, please go to the SUNet ID page. Decide which Stanford-supported email program you want to use for accessing your email account, then configure it to work with the Stanford email system. Use Webmail to get up and running right away.
Basic Email Functions
Forward your email | Set a vacation message (autoreply) | Choose your email aliases
Each of these links takes you to the StanfordYou page. Go to the "your SUNet ID and Email account settings" column on the right and choose "SUNet ID" to change your email alias or "Email" to set forwarding or autoreply.
Important Things to Know
Fighting viruses | Dealing with spam | Email storage space | Email after Stanford | Lost some email?
Stanford has anti-virus and anti-spam measures built into the mail system. We urge that you battle these mail scourges at your desktop too. How and where you store your email is important: if you run out of room your email program stops working properly. As for email after Stanford, yes, it exists. You just have to prepare for it.
Mailing Lists
Stanford mailing list service | Class email lists
Mailing lists are an everyday part of Stanford email life, and you can start your own. Instructors use class email lists so they can more easily send announcements to everyone associated with their course.
Using Email Off-campus
Email from off-campus | Email off the network | Webmail
If you're off-campus you can connect to the Stanford network via modem or DSL. If you're off the Stanford network -- traveling, say, or at home connecting via an ISP -- you can still send email by tweaking your email program and connecting remotely. No matter where you are, access to a Web browser gives you access to Webmail.
Information for Campus Email Providers
Outbound mail server rules | Reading campus email from UNIX | Routing email through Leland SMTP relays | email-partners@lists.stanford.edu
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