E-Mail Forwarding

Usage Notes...

• Forwarding means that all incoming e-mail to you will be sent on to the address you specify. This is done without any feedback or notification to the sender. By default, no local copy is retained in your EOU inbox.

• You must enter a VALID username and password to change forwarding settings.
• Always specify a complete forwarding address, with no embedded spaces, including "@" and the domain name. To forward to another address at Eastern, include "@eou.edu". You can forward to more than one person by separating the addresses with a comma (but no spaces).
• You cannot forward mail to your own EOU address. This creates a forwarding loop which will result in incoming mail being bounced or discarded. To deliver mail to your EOU address, click "stop forwarding".
• If you have a valid forwarding address in place, your EOU mailbox will not be disabled for inactivity even if you fail to read your inbox for prolonged periods.
• Forwarding requests are submitted to a batch queue. Usually your request will be acted on in under a half hour.
• A special setting (CC:me) allows retention of a copy in your EOU inbox. Warning: this technique is not recommended, because it often produces accumulation of mail in unattended inboxes - this can result in account cancellation and deletion of accumulated mail. To forward a copy while retaining a copy at EOU, set the CC:me field to YES.
• A special setting (Mode:) can be used to change the 'envelope sender address' on your forwarded mail to REMAILER at eou.edu. Normally, the original sender address is retained, but this can trigger some spamblocks which are suspicious of, for example, a hotmail address originating at eou.edu. Set mode to REMAIL if your destination ISP is running this type of spamblocker. Note that in REMAIL mode, mail that fails to reach you will not bounce to the sender but will instead be discarded at EOU. The "From:" header displayed by most email clients is not altered by this option.
• Lookup faculty addresses here.
• Student addresses are here.
• All users have the additional option of changing their forwarding in a terminal session on the server. From off campus, you must use the EOU dialups to do this. Then use an editor such as pico or vi to create a file named .forward containing a single line with your forwarding address. Note that the file name begins with a period.

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Security issues...
Exit your web-browser after using this program or others will be able to access your mailbox and discover personal info. If you can't exit the browser, enter a bogus password when you're done and attempt to resubmit the request - this should clear the cached value; but other users may still be able to use "forward" and "back" to view whatever you've done. It's also wise to clear the browser's memory and disk caches (if possible). Clicking here will discourage (but not prevent) "backing" into your work with many browsers.

You should only use this program through http to servers where you would not hesitate to use telnet or ftp.