E-mail forwarding is available to all alumni. You can use a University server to route electronic mail to your personal or professional e-mail account. All you need to do to obtain this free service is to complete and submit the E-mail Forwarding Enrollment Form electronically or in hard copy.
We will then send you an e-mail notice letting you know that the forwarding address has been activated. Your family, friends, and colleagues can continue to reach you at that address regardless of whether you later change internet service providers or move to another hospital or academic institution that may be providing your e-mail account to you.
Once we receive this information electronically or in hard copy, our system will establish a forwarding address for you at md.northwestern.edu. When people send their e-mail messages to you at the md.northwestern.edu address, those messages will come to the University's server which will automatically forward them to whatever may be your current e-mail account address at the time. Please know it is a secure process in which messages are only forwarded and never opened.
You don't need to do anything to your e-mail account for this to happen. Once we set it up, the process is entirely electronic and you will receive your messages as you do now.
E-mail Defense System Note: On October 3,2005 Northwestern University launched its new E-mail Defense System (EDS) which blocks a significant percentage of junk-mail, thus preventing it from reaching you. However, the new system cannot provide you a list of blocked messages and there may occasionally be false-positives. Because we understand that some of you may be using your e-mail forwarding addresses for mission-critical tasks, Medical Alumni Relations has arranged for medical alumni to have an "opt-out" capability.
- If you do NOT want the EDS with your e-mail forwarding service, when filling out the E-mail Forwarding Enrollment Form, be sure to check the box labeled "Opt out of E-mail Defense System (EDS)"
- If you would like to continue to benefit from the EDS, then you do not need to do anything
You may occasionally receive e-mail messages from the Office of Alumni Relations to let you know when we are upgrading the system or adding other electronic services.
If you have any questions or if you are changing your e-mail account address and need to update your records with us, just send us a message at medalum@northwestern.edu. We'll be happy to hear from you.
