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Getting Started with Email on NACS Mailbox Services
Faculty, Staff & Guests

Summary: All faculty and staff are given a basic email account on the NACS Mailbox system. Follow the steps below to create your account. Note: Please check with your Computer Support Coordinator (CSC) before choosing NACS Mailbox Service. You may have local email service through your department.

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Step 1: Activate your UCInetID, if needed.
You will need your Employee ID number, your Social Security Number and Birth date.

Step 2: Set your email delivery point to NACS MailBox Services.
This will route any email sent to your "username@uci.edu" to your NACS MailBox account.

  1. Go to PhUpdate at www.uci.edu/cgi-bin/phupdate
  2. Login with your UCInetID and password.
  3. Go to the email field.
  4. Click the radio button next to NACS MailBox Services.
    Screenshot of email field.
  5. Click the Submit Change Request button.

Your NACS MailBox account has been created. Your @uci.edu email will be delivered here.

Step 3: Check your email
Check your email in one of the following ways.

  1. Configure your email software.
    Choose your favorite email software (Thunderbird, Outlook Express/Windows Mail, Apple Mail, etc.) and configure it to check your UCI email.
  2. Webmail
    Check your email via a Web browser. Simply login with your UCInetID and password. Webmail is a very basic service, but is convenient if checking mail from a remote location.
  3. PINE
    PINE is a text email reader available from the E4E menu via SSH (Secure Telnet). PINE also has the advantage of being able to check email from remote locations.

Optional Step: My.Name@UCI.edu

In addition to the default email address given to you at UCI, you can also choose an email address based on your full name. This My.Name@UCI.edu address can be published on business cards, stationary, and the campus directory. Any email sent to your My.Name@UCI.edu address will be delivered to same email account you already use.