Email Forwarding
Note: If you are a graduated senior, or otherwise interested in setting up forwarding because your account is closing, you may wish to go here.
Overview
Reed provides two options for email forwarding. Neither of them do anything to messages already in your inbox. If you wish to move all of your messages off the Reed server, try moving them to a local mailbox.
My Info redirects all incoming emails to the email you specify. Mail forwarded in this way never passes through Reed's network. This means Reed doesn't filter it in any way and won't have a copy. If the specified forwarding address has protection against spam or viruses, like Hotmail, Gmail, or Yahoo, this protection will still apply.
Webmail forwards all, or a selection of, the email sent to your Reed address, depending on its priority in webmail's filter list. It takes advantage of the spam and virus protection filters that Reed uses, and gives the you the option of keeping a copy of forwarded mail in your Reed account.
Although it is also possible to forward messages with Thunderbird or other clients, we do not recommend this approach.
How To Set-Up Forwarding
My Info
Log into myinfo.reed.edu, click Where to deliver my email in the left navigation pane.
Choose the email address you want all of your email to be delivered to by typing it in the blank box, and then click Update delivery preference. All of your Reed email will be forwarded to the address you specified.
Webmail
In webmail, go to the Vacations/Filters tab found on the top of the screen, then click Forward. Type in the forwarding address(es), and then click Save and Enable. If you want save a copy of the messages on Reed's server, make sure the checkbox is checked.