Change Your Email Address to "yourname@math.wsu.edu"

All email addresses in the Math Department should follow the pattern "myname@math.wsu.edu" to eliminate any machine name in the address. By doing this, security risks are reduced and the domain name is accurately reflected.

The following information provides "how-to" instructions to change your email address on different mail programs such as Pine, Eudora, Netscape and Outlook.

Pine 4.21 and 3.96

1. At the main menu type S (for setup).
2. At the "Choose a setup task from the menu below:" prompt, type C (for config).
3. Press the down arrow key to highlight the line that says user-domain.
4. Type C (to change the value).
5. Enter math.wsu.edu after the "Change field user-domain value:" prompt.
6. Press enter.
7. Press E (to exit setup).
8. Type Y after the "Commit Changes ("Yes" replaces settings "No" abandons changes)?" prompt.
9. You are now back at the the main menu and the change has been made.

Eudora 4.1

1. From the Tools menu, select Options.
2. Click the "Getting Started" icon. The Getting Started options window will be displayed.
3. In the "Return Address:" box, type yourname@math.wsu.edu.
4. You're done.

Netscape 4.72

1. Click on "Edit".
2. Click on "Preferences".
3. Click on the arrow next to "Mail and Newsgroups".
4. Click on "Identity".
5. In the "Email address:" box, type yourname@math.wsu.edu.
6. Press ok.

Outlook

1. Click on "Tools".
2. Click on "Services".
3. Click on "Internet Mail".
4. Click on "Properties".
5. At the "Email Address:" prompt, type yourname@math.wsu.edu.