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WebCT GOLD: How to forward email
February 2009

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In WebCT Gold, mail is a global function and not specific to any individual course. You can therefore read all your WebCT course email from your My WebCT screen. However, WebCT mail is an internal function, so you must create and respond to mail from within WebCT.

For convenience, you can have your WebCT mail copied to your ISU email account. You will not be able to respond to it until you log into WebCT but you will be alerted to the fact that you have mail.

To set up mail forwarding from WebCT to your ISU email:

1. Log into WebCT Gold. Once logged in, you will be at your "MyWebCT Gold" screen.

2. Click on the My Settings link in the top right corner of the window.

3. A screen appears with three tabs. You should be on the "My Profile" tab. This tab displays your ISU email address:
   

4. Click the My Tool Options tab.

5. Scroll down to the Mail section.

6. Check the box by "Forward all mail messages to the e-mail address in my profile."

7. Make any other default changes you wish at this time.

8. Scroll down and click the Save button.

9. Send yourself a test email message within WebCT and check that it gets forwarded as expected. It may take several minutes.

 

You can take this process one step further by having your ISU email forwarded to another email address that you check more frequently.

To forward your ISU email address to another email address (e.g., gmail, hotmail, etc.)::

1. Log in at https://asw.iastate.edu with your netID and password.

2. Click "Manage User (your_netid)"

3. Click "View/Edit your e-mail delivery"

4. Select "Forwarded to email address:" and enter your non-ISU email address.

5. Click "Update Now". Mail will begin forwarding at some point during the night when the system updates occur.

6. Click "Logout"