LIFETIME EMAIL FORWARDING

To keep your U-M email address as a forwarding address, you must specify, in the U-M Online Directory, an email address to which incoming U-M email should be forwarded. Once you have completed these steps, all email messages sent to your "uniqname@umich.edu" and "uniqname@engin.umich.edu" email addresses will be automatically forwarded. It is your responsibility to keep your email forwarding address updated in the online directory:

1. Connect to the U-M Online Directory (http://directory.umich.edu).
2. Click the Bind button (Before you can make changes to your entry you must "bind" to the directory as yourself)
3. At the login screen, enter your U-M uniqname and UMICH.EDU (Kerberos) password, then click Log in.
4. Your uniqname will now be displayed in the upper right corner of the window under the Help button. Click your uniqname to display your directory entry.
5. Click the Modify button in the upper right corner of the screen.
6. Enter/Change the address in the E-Mail Forwarding Address field to the address where you want your e-mail forwarded (i.e. a "yahoo.com" or "hotmail.com" address). Please specify only 1 forwarding email address per line.
7. Click the Save Changes button.
   NOTE: After saving changes, you will be returned to your personal profile and you should see the message "Your changes have been saved" at the top of your screen. If you do not see this message, repeat steps 5-7.
8. Click the Unbind button.
9. Click the logout link (in the lower right corner of the window).
10. Close your web browser. If you do not close your browser, you will be redirected back to the Online Directory.

From this point on, all email messages sent to your "uniqname@umich.edu" and "uniqname@engin.umich.edu" addresses will be forwarded automatically to the new address you specified. To be effective, however, you must remember to keep your forwarding address current in the U-M Online Directory. Whenever you change jobs or Internet Service Providers (ISPs), be sure to change your forwarding address in the U-M Online Directory (http://directory.umich.edu).

NOTE: U-M is providing email FORWARDING ONLY. If you are interested in a U-M mailbox with full email storage capability, you may purchase this service through the University of Michigan's Information Technology Central Services (ITCS) at http://www.umonline.umich.edu.