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You can access your Google Apps for the University of Minnesota Gmail account using desktop and mobile e-mail programs. You can retrieve your Gmail messages with OIT-supported clients or devices that support IMAP.
You will need to set a Google desktop/mobile client password if you want to use desktop e-mail clients such as Apple Mail, Thunderbird or Outlook, and/or if you want to access to your Google account with your mobile device. Read more information about Google desktop/mobile client passwords. The necessary University of Minnesota-specific configuration information is shown on the right side of this page.
Gmail configuration guides for supported clients and mobile devices are available and include setup instructions for the following.
Your University of Minnesota Google Apps account is totally separate from your personal Google/Gmail account, so nothing about your personal Google account will change. Your private account and institutional accounts will not be merged.
If you have forgotten your Google desktop/mobile client password, you can reset it by logging in with your Internet ID and password on your Internet Account Options page, and select Reset Google Desktop/Mobile Client Password. If you don't know either your Google desktop/mobile client password or your Internet password, call 1-HELP at (612) 301-4357 (1-HELP on campus) to first have your Internet password reset. After your Internet password has been reset, you can reset your Google desktop/mobile client password on your Internet Account Options page.
New e-mail received is directed to your new Google account once the opt in process is complete and contents of your Inbox, Sent folder and Trash folder for the most recent 30 days have been transferred. E-mail messages in other folders will be transferred automatically to your Google account. This transfer process may take several hours, days, or even weeks, depending on the size of the account. A maximum of 6 GB of e-mail may be transferred to Google.
If you do choose to sign up for a University Google account, messages in your Inbox, as well as messages placed into your current Sent and Trash folders within the most recent 30 days will be moved to Gmail. Messages in your Trash folder older than 30 days will be deleted. For all other users who do not sign up for a University Google account, auto-filing of Sent and Trash folders will continue on a monthly basis in order to maintain optimum performance.
See Transitioning to Gmail for further information.
You can import contacts you already have stored in another e-mail program into your Google Apps for the U of M account. See Importing Contacts on Google's Web site for details and instructions .
U of M Google account users will need to use Google's auto-reply, forwarding and mail filters features available in Gmail. The existing central functions will no longer be available to Google users. Please note that in Gmail, you cannot forward to more than one account as is now possible with the existing University user tools.
To configure a vacation out-of-office auto-reply, use the "Vacation Responder" feature in Gmail. Instruction are on Google's Web site.
Aliases will continue to work as they do now. We will continue to accept mail for the various domains, such as @epi.umn.edu, forwarding them on to users whether they are in Google or not. However, you should note that the "To" and "Cc" lines will show the Google domain rather than the original domain. For example, e-mail addressed to user@epi.umn.edu will appear as "To: user@umn.edu" in Gmail. Likewise, useralias@umn.edu will show up as user@umn.edu in the Gmail.
Autoreplies will be sent by Google based on mail they receive and should work for those aliases, but that process is still in the testing phase.
To set up your desktop client or mobile device, follow the instructions for your particular client or device on the Google Help Center Web site and use this University of Minnesota-specific information. (Note: IMAP already has been enabled for you by the University)