Email
Forwarding
Frequently
Asked Questions
What
is email forwarding?
This is a service that gives you access to an email forwarding
address that allows you to forward email to your personal
or employer assigned email account. Your friends and contacts
will always know how to find you regardless of where you work
or live. Distribute your Kellogg email forwarding address
instead of your daily use account. To minimize spam in your
mailbox, avoid providing your email forwarding address for
service-related uses. For more information on Internet Safety,
go to www.it.northwestern.edu/getctrl/.
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How
do I get an email forwarding address?
All graduates since 1997 were automatically issued an email
forwarding address with their alumni account. If you graduated
before 1997, please Apply for an
Account and Password by filling out our online form. Once
your Kellogg affiliation has been verified you will receive
your account and password in the mail. Your email forwarding
address is your account id plus the Kellogg domain name. If
your account id is jsmith1997 your email forwarding address
is jsmith1997@kellogg.northwestern.edu
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What
happens to my student email account and NetID once I activate
my alumni email forwarding?
Your student account and your new alumni account are two completely
different services that do not intermingle. Once you set up
your alumni email forwarding, your student account and NetID
will no longer be active. Please make sure you download all
of your email from your student account before setting up
your alumni email forwarding.
Please
Note: Your student email account and NetID will automatically
expire 120 days after graduation. Please set up your alumni
email forwarding before your student email account and NetID
expires.
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How
do I use my account?
You will use your account to authenticate on the alumni server
and manage where your email is being forwarded. Use the Email
Forwarding Services link to update your email address.
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What
is the Email forwarding domain name?
The domain name is kellogg.northwestern.edu.
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Can
I use the Email forwarding domain @alum.kellogg.northwestern.edu
?
Alumni should only use the kellogg.northwestern.edu email
domain. The domain alum.kellogg.northwestern.edu will soon
be phased out. In the meantime, alumni should convert to
the kellogg.northwestern.edu domain.
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What
is my login id?
Your unique login id identifies you to the server and is needed
anytime you access your account or attempt to make profile
changes.
For Full-time,
TMP and EMP alumni your id is the first initial of your first
name, your last name and the year you graduated. For example,
alumnus John Smith who graduated in 1997 would have an alumni
account id of: jsmith1997
For Executive
Education alumni your id is the first initial of your first
name plus your last name followed by -exed. For example, alumnus
John Smith would have an alumni account of: jsmith-exed
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What
is my password?
Your password is your "key" to logging onto our
system and accessing your account. Guard this carefully! Do
not give it to anyone. Your password will be assigned when
your account is assigned. If you forget this password or wish
to change it, you can click
here to reset it.
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Why
do I need to change my email forwarding address domain from
"northwestern" to "northwestern"?
Northwestern University has undertaken a branding initiative
across all schools of the University to exclusively use the
"northwestern" name in all email and web addresses.
In keeping with this initiative, all Kellogg School email
and web addresses will change to kellogg.northwestern.edu
on June 1, 2004. Both northwestern and northwestern
addresses will work until the official conversion deadline
has passed. After June 1, 2004 only the northwestern domain
will be recognized.
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Why
is my email not being forwarded to my personal email account
(hotmail, yahoo, etc.)?
The email is being forwarded, but it might be automatically
deleted depending on how you set your Junk Mail preferences.
Most email service providers allow users to filter out junk
mail from their Inbox. This mail will either be automatically
deleted, or purged after seven days. If you want to receive
newsletters and other information from Kellogg clubs, faculty
and colleagues, be sure to place the entire kellogg.northwestern.edu
domain or the specific club mailing list to which you are
subscribed on your "Safe List" or safe "Mailing
List".
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How
do I send email to a fellow alumnus/a that I know has an account?
Send your email to John Smith by addressing it to jsmith1997@kellogg.northwestern.edu
or look him up in the online Alumni
Directory.
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What
if I need help?
If you have any questions or trouble with your account, contact
our Alumni Relations office by phone (847-467-ALUM) or by
email.
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