All Students Switch to Notre Dame Gmail on 9/3/08

Make sure you are ready for the switch!

Beginning Wednesday, September 3, all new email for all students will be delivered to Notre Dame Gmail.  Moving all student email services to Notre Dame Gmail at once allows all students to take advantage of the extra space (up to 7GB of email space), additional features, and collaboration tools provided by Google. 

To prepare for the switch, you only have to do a few things, and the OIT will handle the rest.

Step 1

Change your password as soon as possible before September 3rd on the Notre Dame Change Password page at password.nd.edu. This will synchronize your ND password with Google’s authentication framework.

Step 2

On or after September 3rd, decide whether you want to bring your old mail over to Notre Dame Gmail, and then do so by following the instructions at oit.nd.edu/google. You will have until January 3, 2009 to move your legacy mailbox or abandon it for eventual removal.

Step 3 (optional)

If you previously configured your Notre Dame e-mail to forward messages to a third-party e-mail address—name@yahoo.com, for example—and you wish to continue to do so after September 3rd, you will need to reestablish mail forwarding within ND Gmail. If you previously forwarded and now wish to use ND Gmail, no action is needed. Instructions on how to perform this task can be found at oit.nd.edu/google.

A few things to remember:
- Your Notre Dame email address remains the same. 
- You will not lose any email during this switch. 

Complete details about Notre Dame Gmail and other Google Apps, answers to frequently asked questions, and how-to information are available on the OIT web site at oit.nd.edu/google.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact the OIT Help Desk at oithelp@nd.edu or 574-631-8111.