At IU, how do I register my preferred email address?

Note: If you have not yet created your first accounts, or you are a returning student with only an Active Directory account, run the Starter Kit. In most cases it will set your preferred email address for you.

At Indiana University, if you have a Network ID and want to register your preferred email address, you may do so using the AMS (Account Management Service).

Note: For information about managing departmental, student organization, or other nonprimary accounts (i.e., group accounts for which you are the owner) using the Account Management Service (AMS), see Managing your IU group or departmental accounts.

To use the AMS to register your preferred address:

1. Go to the IU Accounts Management page at: https://itaccounts.iu.edu/

   Note: You must use a web browser that supports SSL (e.g., Internet Explorer, Safari, or Firefox).

2. Click Manage my IU computing accounts.
   
   
3. Enter your Network ID, and then click Continue.
   
   
4. Click manage your email. On the following page, click set primary email. On the page that appears, you will see your email address and current delivery information.
   
   
5. Next to "Set primary e-mail address to:", from the drop-down menu, select a primary address. You may have only one primary email address to select. If you are or have been affiliated with more than one IU campus, you may have more than one primary email address (e.g., username@indiana.edu, username@iupui.edu).

   Note: Your primary email address will be displayed in the IU Address Book.

6. Under "Forward your IU e-mail:", select the appropriate option below for each email address listed:
   
   
   • If you want to select a different IU account for your preferred address, choose Set the delivery for this address to user's UITS mail account on: , and then from the drop-down menu, select the appropriate account (e.g., Exchange, Cyrus, Imail, or Umail).
     
     
   • If you want to use an email address outside of IU for your preferred address, choose Set the delivery for this address to: , and then enter the address to which you'd like your IU email forwarded.

     Important: Indiana University provides students, faculty, and staff with IU email addresses, which most academic and administrative offices use to send you messages. If you choose to forward this address to a non-IU account (e.g., Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo!), the UITS Support Center will not be able to help you with problems concerning that account. More importantly, if this forwarding fails for any reason, you may miss important official communications sent to your IU address for which you are still responsible.

7. Click Forward email.

Note: Changes to your preferred email address setting may take up to 30 minutes to take effect.

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