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| − | == Using your Virginia Tech email through Gmail ==
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| − | Google's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail Gmail] is an free alternative to Virginia Tech's WebMail with more features and virtually unlimited storage space.
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| − | === Create a Gmail account ===
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| − | <ol><li> If you have not yet done so, [http://mail.google.com/mail/signup create a Gmail account].
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| − | === Set up Forwarding for VT Mail ===
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| − | <ol><li> Log into [http://my.vt.edu/ http://my.vt.edu]
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| − | </li><li> Select the '''Personal Info''' tab.
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| − | </li><li> Click the '''Manage your Profile''' link.
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| − | </li><li> Beside E-mail and Forwarding, click the '''Edit''' link.
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| − | </li><li> Click the '''Enable Forwarding''' button.
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| − | </li><li> In the text box, type the Gmail address to which you want to forward your VT Mail.
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| − | </li><li> Click the '''OK''' button.
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| − | </li><li> To verify that the change was successful, a green message will be under "VT Mail Settings":
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| − | </li></ol>
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| − | <code></code><pre>Successfully added forwarding to: [your Gmail address]</pre>
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| − | === Use your Virginia Tech address in outgoing emails ===
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| − | <ol><li> Log in to your Gmail account.
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| − | </li><li> Click '''Settings''' along the top of any page, and then select the '''Accounts''' tab.
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| − | </li><li> Click '''Add another email address''' in the '''Send mail as''' section.
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| − | </li><li> Enter your full name in the '''Name''' field, and your Virginia Tech email address in the '''Email address''' field.
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| − | </li><li> Click '''Next Step >>''' and then click '''Send Verification'''
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| − | to complete the process. Gmail will send a verification message to your
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| − | other email address to confirm that you'd like to add it to your Gmail
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| − | account. You'll need to click the link in that message, or enter the
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| − | confirmation code in the '''Accounts''' section of your Gmail
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| − | account, to complete the process. Once you've verified that you'd like
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| − | to add the address to your account, you can start sending messages
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| − | using your custom 'From:' address.
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| − | </li></ol>
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| − | [[Category:Mail clients]]
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| − | [[Category:Howtos]]
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| − | [[Category:Web applications]]
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