{"id":2896,"date":"2012-04-13T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/?page_id=2896"},"modified":"2012-04-13T10:40:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:40:03","slug":"email","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/comm-collab\/accounts\/email\/","title":{"rendered":"E-mail Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Overview<\/th>\n<td>E-mail is an essential means of communication at BU and in the larger academic community. On an average day, our mail systems process over half a million messages. We currently offer new BU e-mail accounts on our Exchange server.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Available To<\/th>\n<td>Students, Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments, Guests<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Benefits<\/th>\n<td>With a BU e-mail account, you\u2019ll enjoy full e-mail services including an inbox, disk space for e-mail folders or file storage, auto-reply features, access to webmail, e-mail support for popular desktop clients and mobile devices, and more. If you prefer, you can forward your BU e-mail to an existing account outside BU.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Key Features<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Exchange\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/comm-collab\/e-mail\/exchange\/\">Exchange<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Faculty and staff will be provisioned with e-mail accounts on the University\u2019s Microsoft Exchange server, providing them with a broad range of messaging features and tools for work collaboration. Some students in specific academic programs are also provided with Exchange accounts, as determined by the program administrator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Requirements<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Must have a BU ID number<\/li>\n<li>Must have a current and active status with the University, determined and verified by Human Resources or the Registrar<\/li>\n<li>Must read and agree to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/policies\/conditions-of-use\/\">Conditions of Use<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/policies\/computing-ethics\/\">Policy on Computing Ethics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cost<\/th>\n<td>No charge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Getting Started<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exchange<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Accounts for new faculty and staff will be provisioned during employment onboarding, along with the\u00a0<a title=\"Login Name &amp; Kerberos Password\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/comm-collab\/accounts\/login\/\">BU login name and Kerberos password.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>E-Mail forwarding:<\/strong> If you already have a\u00a0<a title=\"Login Name &amp; Kerberos Password\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/comm-collab\/accounts\/login\/\">BU login name and Kerberos password<\/a> and are either not eligible for an e-mail account or do not want to host your e-mail on one of our servers, you can set up\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/computing\/email\/forwarding\/\" target=\"_blank\">e-mail forwarding<\/a> for messages sent to your @bu.edu address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview E-mail is an essential means of communication at BU and in the larger academic community. On an average day, our mail systems process over half a million messages. We currently offer new BU e-mail accounts on our Exchange server. Available To Students, Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments, Guests Benefits With a BU e-mail account, you\u2019ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5559,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2898,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2896\/revisions\/2898"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}