1. How can I get a Hunter email account?
2. How can I read my Hunter email?
3. How do I change my password?
4. Can I forward my Hunter email to my personal address?
5. Can I set a "vacation" auto-reply message on my email account?
6. Can I import my own mail client's address book into Hunter's webmail system?

1. How can I get a Hunter email account?

All students, faculty, and staff should get a Hunter email address upon admission (for students) or appointment (for faculty and staff).  If you do not know your email account information, you can look it up in NetID Central.

If NetID Central does not find your account, please come to the Help Desk for assistance.

2. How can I read my Hunter email?

ICIT maintains two webmail systems: one for faculty and staff, and one for students.  Go to the one appropriate to you, and type in your Hunter NetID (the first part of your email address--leave off the "@hunter.cuny.edu") and password.

If you prefer, you can use a desktop mail client such as Outlook, OS X Mail, or Thunderbird.  Please see the Email Help page for information on configuring your mail client.

3. How do I change my password?

You can change your password (or reset it, if you have forgotten it) with NetID Central.  Please see the NetID Central help page for more information about using this service.

4.Can I forward my Hunter email address to my personal account?

Yes.   Faculty and staff should log into the Faculty & Staff webmail server and click the "Options" link on the left menu bar.  On the resulting page, click the "Mail Redirect" link at the top of the page and follow the directions.

Students should log into the Student webmail server using Internet Explorer--the forwarding option will not appear in other browsers--and click the "Redirection" link on the left menu bar.  Follow the directions on the resulting page.

5. Can I set a "vacation" auto-reply on my email account?

Yes.  (Remember to unsubscribe to any mailing lists before turning on an auto-reply!)

Faculty and staff should log into the Faculty & Staff webmail server and click the "Options" link on the left menu bar.  On the resulting page, click the "Automatic Reply" link at the top of the page.  Type in your message, and click the "Start" button.  When you want to turn off the auto-reply, go back to this page and click the "Stop" button.

Students should log into the Student webmail server and click the "Options" link on the left menu bar; you will go to a page with all the options on it. The auto-reply is the first option--it's called "Out of Office Assistant".  Type the message in the box and click the radio button marked "I'm currently out of the office".  When you want to turn off the auto-reply, go back to this page and click the button marked "I'm currently in the office".

6. Can I import my own mail client's address book into Hunter's webmail system?

Students cannot import address books or contacts into the webmail system.

Faculty and staff can import their adddress book if it is in a comma-separated value file (.csv).  If your mail client can export its address book in this fashion, then you can import it into webmail.  Once you have the file, log into the Faculty & Staff webmail server, click "Address Book" on the left menu bar, and then click the "Import/Export" link at the top of the following page.  Click the "Choose File" button and put in your file name, and then click the "Import Now" button.