Email Addresses at EMU

EMU email addresses

• Each employee and student at EMU receives an email address, eg. firstname.lastname@emu.edu

Email aliases:

• An email alias delivers email to one or a handful of user inboxes
• Sending an email as an alias is possible
• To request (or change recipients of) an email alias
• To send email as an alias:
  • In Gmail click on the gear and choose settings > Accounts > Send mail as: > Add another address.  Follow the prompts, unchecking the "Treat as alias" check box.  A verification code will be sent to your alias which you can retrieve from your inbox.

Shared Mailbox

• A Shared Mailbox is a separate inbox that one or multiple users are delegated access to.  As a delegate of a Shared Mailbox users are able to view new email and send messages as the shared mailbox.
• To request (or change membership to) a Shared Mailbox, fill out this form

Mailing Lists

• A mailing list is used to send information to many users simultaneously.  
• We have two forms of mailing lists
  • Google Group
    • List owners manage recipient email addresses.
      • Manage Google Groups - https://support.google.com/groups/answer/2465464?hl=en&ref_topic=2458761
  • Broadcast Message System
    • Broadcast lists are managed automatically
    • Access the broadcast system here - https://emu.edu/broadcast