Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

1. I'm new, what do I do first?
   
   
2. How do I create an account on a system?
   
   
3. What is the status of my new account?
   
   
4. How do I find someone?
   
   
5. What is my UCID/Account name?
   
   
6. What is my password?
   
   
7. I forgot my password, what do I do?
   
   
8. What do I need to do to use ADM or Mailhost?
   
   
9. What is the "Official Phone#" and how do I change it?
   
   
10. I see I have a number of email addresses available to me, which one do I use?
    
    
11. What is a mail alias?
    
    
12. What email address should I put on my NJIT business card?
    
    
13. How do I change my directory information?
    
    
14. I receive e-mail on several systems, what do I do?
    
    
15. How do I set mail forwarding on Admin, Tesla, ADM, AFS(oak), or Mailhost?
    
    
16. I changed my @njit.edu forwarding on Mailhost, why didn't it work?
    
    
17. How do I access Mailhost using pine?
    
    
18. How do I read my mail from a different computer?
    
    
19. What is my "mailbox quota" and what happens when I got over it?
    
    
20. How can I get my "mailbox quota" increased?
    
    
21. How do I copy messages and/or folders from mailhost to my own PC?
    
    
22. How do I find or see hidden mail folders (aka unsubscribed IMAP folders)?