General Instructions for moving your UMnet email account to myUMB Mail

Identity Management is a critical part of the CITS Campus IT Strategic and Tactical Plan.  As part of this plan to facilitate the use of a common ID, we are pleased to announce the new myUMB Mail system, which has replaced the UMnet email system.

myUMB Mail includes many new features and improvements.  Some examples include:

With myUMB Authentication, users can log into their email account with their myUMB ID and password, the same user name and password they use for other myUMB ID Authenticated systems such as Blackboard, SURFS, eUMB, myUMB Portal, MediaSite, Field Education, SURFS, COEUS, and Effort Reporting.  For more information about myUMB ID Authentication, including information on how to customize your myUMB ID, click here.

For more information about the myUMB Mail system, click here.

As of January 12, 2009 users cannot access the UMnet email system through Open Webmail, IMAP, or POP3. 

To access your email you need to move your account from the old UMnet system to the new myUMB Mail system. 

Instructions for moving your UMnet account to the myUMB Mail system

Please complete the following steps to move your email account to the new myUMB Mail system.  For step-by-step instructions, complete with screenshots click here.

1. Set up your myUMB ID and password on the myUMB Account Management Site by clicking on the "New User Setup Account" link.

NOTE: If you cannot set up your myUMB Account, or your myUMB account is not active, contact the ASC Help Desk for further support.

2. Once you have logged into the myUMB Account Management site, click on the "Upgrade UMnet Account to myUMB MAIL" link.
   
3. Click on the "Confirm Account & Upgrade Account" button.

If the "Confirm Account & Upgrate Account" button is missing, or an error message is displayed, contact the ASC Help Desk. 

4. Click on the "Continue" button to return to the main myUMB Account Management screen.

When your account has been moved and is ready to be accessed from the myUMB Mail system the "myUMB MAIL Account Status" field will display the status "Upgrade Complete".

5. Log into your myUMB Mail account from the website https://webmail.umaryland.edu using your myUMB ID and password you set up in step 1.
6. In the Personal Information Page, enter your Full Name and Reply to Address.
7. Click on the "Inbox" button to access your email messages.

You have finished moving your account to the myUMB Mail system!  Depending on how you used the UMnet system, you may need to configure other options in myUMB Mail or other email clients.  Check below to see if any of these situations apply to you.

I used folders in UMnet to organize my email messages
You will need to subscribe to your email folders in the myUMB Mail system.  Click here for instructions on how to subscribe to folders in myUMB Mail.

Mail Forwarding

I want to read emails sent to my University address at another email account.  I will not be reading emails in myUMB Mail.
You will need to set up Absolute myUMB Mail forwarding in the myUMB Account Management site.  Click here for instructions on how to do this.  

I want to read my emails in myUMB Mail and at another address
You will need to configure myUMB Mail to forward a copy of messages to another account and to keep a local copy of messages.  Click here for instructions on how to do this.

I used another email client (i.e. Outlook, Eudora, Entourage, Apple Mail, smart phone) to read my email messages
You will need to re-configure your email client to check your email account on the new myUMB Mail servers.  Basic instructions are found here.

Questions?  If you have any questions about the myUMB Mail migration process, or the new myUMB Mail system, please contact the ASC Help Desk.

Instructions for moving department or group email accounts

If the email account in question is used by a department or group (i.e. department@umaryland.edu), please contact the ASC Help Desk for further information on how to move this account from the UMnet system.