- Why is Washington University using a central email address system?
- What if I don't have a local email address, or my local email address is not currently available?
- Will I be required to use the University email address?
- What happens to mail sent to my University email address if/when I leave the University?
- To continue to promote the identity of the University as Washington University in St. Louis through use of a unified naming convention, @wustl.edu
- To provide a central electronic address book
- To provide a simpler, more obvious way for people external to the University, and those internal, to contact members of the University community
If your job does not currently require that you have regular access to email, if you do not have a local email address, or your local email address is not currently available, you will not be assigned a University email address. Questions should be directed to your systems administrator.
Will I be required to use the University email address?You are encouraged to immediately begin using your University email address.
What happens to mail sent to my University email address if/when I leave the University?If a forwarding email address is provided, the current plan is to forward email for up to 60 days.
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