Leaving Campus For Students
If you are leaving the Urbana campus, access to email and other network services may still be available to you depending on your circumstances.
NOTE: CITES system maintenance schedules may allow an account to remain active somewhat longer than the guidelines below. Do not assume that your account will remain active if you continue to have access beyond your deactivation date. In addition, violations of University policies regarding computing access may result in the immediate deactivation of your account.
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Students who leave without graduating
Each semester CITES deactivates access to CITES services based on official University records. When your account is deactivated you will no longer have access to campus email, computer labs, and other network services.
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- CITES Account Deactivation page can help you determine any steps you may need to take in order to keep your account active.
Graduating Students/Alumni
If you have graduated from the University of Illinois, congratulations. You will find useful information below regarding what will happen with your CITES student account.
3 months after graduation
- You will not be able to receive or check your Illinois email using Google Apps @ Illinois or Exchange.
- You may choose to redirect your @illinois.edu email to another address for up to one year past your deactivation date.
- You'll no longer be able to access campus network services, such as IllinoisNet Wireless, UIUCnet QuickConnect, or CITES ICS computer lab services.
- If you wish to retain Internet access, you'll need to find a new Internet service provider (ISP). We have some tips and guidelines if you need help finding a new electronic home.
1 year after graduation
Illinois Directory's email forwarding service is discontinued.
- One year past graduation, Illinois Directory will stop forwarding email sent to your campus email address. Before this time is up, make sure that you have informed your email contacts of your new email address.
- NOTE: The University of Illinois Alumni Association offers Illinois graduates a free email service. Please visit the UIAA website for a full list available services.
- Your information in Illinois Directory will remain active for one more year.
2 years after graduation
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- Illinois Directory information service is discontinued two years after you graduate.
Finding a new electronic home
Before your deactivation date, you should establish new email and network accounts with other service providers.
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- The University of Illinois Alumni Association offers Illinois alumni a free email service.
- For information on services provided to Illinois alumni, visit the University of Illinois Alumni Association's website.
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- Many institutions, both corporate and educational, provide their members with network access.
- We advise you to check the network usage policy of any organization you are joining before moving files or forwarding mail.
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- Private ISPs allow you to purchase network access at a variety of speeds for a variety of monthly rates.
- Most ISPs provide email addresses and a limited amount of file storage and web publishing space along with the network access you receive.
- See Choosing an ISP for more information.
Forwarding email with Illinois Directory
Once you've established another email account, you can forward your @illinois.edu email to your new account.
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- Simply log in to the Electronic Directory Editor redirection service before your deactivation date. Your @illinois.edu email will forward to the account you specify for one year after your CITES account deactivates.
- You should always use @illinois.edu as your return address, as email sent to NetID@(somewhere).illinois.edu will not be forwarded.
- NOTE: The forwarding feature in the Illinois email service will no longer function once your access is terminated. The only way to redirect your campus email is by forwarding your email through the Electronic Directory Editor).
- NOTE: If you've subscribed to any mailing lists using your campus email address, you will need to change your subscription before your email account is deactivated. Some mailing lists require you to make subscription changes using the same email address that you first subscribed with.
To set up email forwarding via the Electronic Directory Editor:
It may take up to two hours for this change to become effective. Once effective, all email sent to your campus email address will be forwarded to the new email address.
- Go to the Electronic Directory Editor at http://ede.cites.illinois.edu.
- Enter your NetID and NetID password when prompted.
- If you have more than one entry, you will be presented with a list of entries that you can edit. From that list, select your NetID entry. If you have only one entry, proceed to the next step.
- Find the field entitled email and enter your new email address, complete with the @ sign.
- Click Apply.
- Log out as instructed.
Help
For help with your accounts when preparing to leave, contact the CITES Help Desk.
1211 Digital Computer Laboratory
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana
217-244-7000
consult@illinois.edu
www.cites.illinois.edu/help/