Changing Your U of MN Email Address

Information Technology Team
Changing Your U of MN Email Address logo: U of MN Extension

Updated December 2000

Background: Extension uses the standard University of Minnesota email addresses for communication. These computer generated addresses are a mix of letters and numbers (e.g. smith003@umn.edu). Some Extension faculty and staff have expressed an interest in changing their email address to a more "friendly" one (e.g. bsmith@umn.edu).

GENERAL INFORMATION:

If you wish to change your U of MN email userid, please contact the U of MN Central Email Accounts Office at 612-626-8366 as soon as possible. Changing your U of MN email userid is generally not a problem as long as you have not made use of campus-based systems such as Forms Nirvana or the U of MN main Grants Management System. (If you have, you need to notify these offices separately since they don't "synch" userid changes.) To speed up the process, I am including a copy of the standard material that the email accounts office asks you to review when requesting a userid change. If you want to change your U of MN userid, tell them that you have read the information/disclaimer below and want to initiate the name change.

If you change your U of MN account address, you need to let Bobbie Roberts (bobbie@umn.edu) know about your "physical address change" immediately after it takes effect so that you do not loose any email that is sent to you from Extension.

INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER FOR USERS SEEKING TO CHANGE CENTRAL U OF MN INTERNET EMAIL USERID
From U of MN Email Accounts Office


> Date sent:      	Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:46:40 -0600 (CST)
> From:           	ADCS Email Account Administration 
>			
> To:             	rmr@umn.edu
> Subject:    		Issues related to changing x.500 ID's
> 
> 
> Hello,
> If you are requesting a change to an individual's x.500 Internet ID
> please note that many systems, including those listed below, are NOT
> automatically notified when the change is made.  Requests must be made
> directly to the departments/helplines that manage these systems. Some of
> these changes take many days to complete.
> 
> 
>   - Financial FormsNirvana
>   - EGMS grant proposal creation
>   - EGMS expertise database
>   - EGMS FormsNirvana for proposal routing forms
>   - RSPP database (Research Subject Protection Program database
>                    to track those that do animal or people research)
>   - CUFS (grant administrators, X.500 usernames  are in CUFS tables)
    - Data Warehouse
    - PeopleSoft
    - Local LAN administrator
    - FSS/Training Services certified approver database
    - Some mailing lists such as listserv lists will not accept updates
>     or postings from a address different than the one originally used to
>     subscribe to the list.
> 
> Also, the account owner should know that any connections, either at home or
> on campus, will have to reconfigured to include the new userid. Please
> indicate in your request that you and the user are aware of these issues.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> ********************************
> *    University of Minnesota   *
> *     E-mail Admin Office      *
> *       (612)626-8366          *
> *        Mon-Fri  9-4          *
> ********************************

If you have any questions on this process, you can check with the central U of MN Email Accounts Helpline (612-626-8366).

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GENERAL INFORMATION:

INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER FOR USERS SEEKING TO CHANGE CENTRAL U OF MN INTERNET EMAIL USERID From U of MN Email Accounts Office

INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER FOR USERS SEEKING TO CHANGE CENTRAL U OF MN INTERNET EMAIL USERID
From U of MN Email Accounts Office