Activate Your Mason E-mail Account

Your Mason email address is important for many reasons, but most importantly because it is at that address that the Registrar, Student Accounts, SPP's Dean's Office, faculty, and our Student Services Office will contact you. It is mandatory that you activate this account, and check it regularly so that you can be up-to-date with deadlines, special events, and even your own academic progress.

Please use the following steps to learn how to set up your Mason e-mail, check it and forward it to alternative e-mail accounts.

STEP 1: Creating Your Mason Account

• Follow the link at https://mail.gmu.edu to "Activating my Account." You will need your Student I.D. number and your original 4-digit pin to begin.
• Be sure to reset your password so that it is something both secure and easy to remember.

STEP 2: Checking Your Mason Account

• In any browser please type https://mail.gmu.edu (please do not use "www" in the address).
• Enter your login and password.

STEP 3: Forwarding your Mason Mail to a Different Account

Once in the mail.gmu.edu system, you can forward all incoming mail to a different account (i.e. a work account or other IP address). Once you have logged into your e-mail account go to "Options" and then "Settings" and follow the two steps below.

• Under "Deleting Mail" - click the "Empty Folder on Logout" box; this will ensure that your Mason server space is not taken up and that you receive all your messages. If you do not complete this step, over time your mailbox will fill and will prevent additional messages from being forwarded.
• Under "Mail Forwarding" - type the address to which you would like messages forwarded. Please be sure this is only a single line and please note that this is case sensitive.

You must follow these forwarding procedures or we cannot gaurantee you will receive important messages, both of a general nature and with regard to your own academic program.