Having a UAlbany email address is a University requirement (and it counts as an official address for sending you notices), and we strongly recommend that you obtain one. However, for communication with the Reading Department, you may use an alternative email address (i.e., your home email address) but it must be reliable, and Linda Papa must know what it is--email it to her, and update it if changes. It's best to provide Linda with all the email addresses you want us to have in case we need to contact you.

You set up a UAlbany email address within your UNIX account (free, and easy to establish--go here and then click on the WEBMAIL link--if you need help call the Help Desk (442-3700) or request help online), and then you can set it to forward all your email to your personal email (or use it as your regular email address). We, in turn, can send email to your UAlbany address and know that it won't get bounced back to us or disappear into hyperspace (this happens all the time with Yahoo and Hotmail, which limit the number of emails you can store on their servers). We want to be able to send you reminders of important dates (registration, deadlines for graduation applications, changes in course schedules). We will NEVER sell or give your email to anyone outside the university (we adhere strictly to University regulations which prohibit this). So please set up your UAlbany email address, and then just send Linda Papa (LPapa@uamail.albany.edu) an email letting her know what it is. Thanks!

BTW, your UAlbany email address is not only free, it continues free even after you graduate! (We thought forever, but that turns out to have been optimistic--it's about 6 months).