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Redirect Express Email to an Exchange Mailbox

To receive mail sent to your UIUC Express Mail address in your Exchange account, set up forwarding by completing the following steps:

  1. Using your web browser, go to http://express.cites.uiuc.edu.
  2. Log on with your NetID and your express email password (you should now be looking at your inbox).
  3. Choose "Account Options" from the menu on the left. (The main panel of your screen should now say "Account: Access Control.")
  4. Click on the button marked "Forwarding."
  5. Type in the forwarding address at the "Forward to:" prompt, e.g., NetID@ad.uiuc.edu.
    Your screen should look like this:

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  6. Click the Start button. (The screen will say "Forwarding has been started on your account.")
  7. Forwarding to your Exchange email account has been setup. You may now close your web browser.

Redirect Email in Electronic Directory

In addition to forwarding your email, you will also need to set your new email address in the campus Electronic Directory by performing the following steps:

  1. Open the web page https://ede.cites.uiuc.edu.
  2. Log in using your NetID and NetID password.
  3. Scroll down to the Email field.
  4. Type in your new email address: NetID@ad.uiuc.edu.
  5. Scroll to the very bottom and click on Apply – you should get the message that "The field email has changed."
  6. Click on the LOGOUT button.