Computing Accounts Web Site UC Davis Email Web Site MyUCDavis

The good news is, regardless of where you intend to spend your summer, you will still be able to access your ucdavis.edu email account. First, you will want to decide whether you will be keeping up with your UC Davis email or not. If you choose to check your email, you can use the Web-based email program (Geckomail) in MyUCDavis, or you can have all your emails forwarded to a different email account (such as your Hotmail or AOL account, for example). If you choose not to keep up with your email, you should set up a vacation message to notify people sending you email that you will be incommunicado for awhile. Instructions for all these options are given below.

Using Web-based email in MyUCDavis: If you have an Internet connection and are using one of the campus email servers (purple, blue, yellow, etc.), you can access your email through the Web-based email program in MyUCDavis. Simply login to MyUCDavis with your UCD LoginID and Kerberos password, click on 'MyTools,' then on 'Email,' and you will see all of your email.

Forwarding to another email account: To forward your email to another email account, go to http://computingaccounts.ucdavis.edu/, click on "Redirect your MailID," then on "Redirect your email address" and follow the prompts.

Setting up a vacation message: To set up a vacation message so that people emailing you will know that you are not checking your email, go to http://email.ucdavis.edu/, click on "vacation message setup," and read the instructions. Disable your vacation message upon your return by simply visiting the same site and following instructions.

According to the UC Davis Email Postmaster, the account closure process is completely automated and begins soon after your affiliation with the University is officially terminated. Each individual is given a grace period after leaving UC Davis to transfer email messages and to inform colleagues and friends. The grace period for faculty, staff, and students lasts 180, 90, and 30 days, respectively. When the grace period elapses, you will be notified by email that your account will close in 30 days. Once your account closes, you will no longer be able to log into the system or retrieve email from it. For further questions, please contact the UC Davis Email Postmaster at postmaster@ucdavis.edu or visit http://email.ucdavis.edu/.