Creating an email alias allows you to personalize your email address by creating an easier-to-remember address for your real email address. Anyone who has an email service on a U of S server can personalize their email address. You cannot register an alias to an off-campus server (e.g. Sasktel, Shaw, Hotmail, etc.) in MITS. Your Network Services ID (NSID) is required to register an alias in MITS.

People commonly use their first and last name as the basis for their email alias. For example, you can register firstname.lastname@usask.ca as an alias for abc123@mail.usask.ca in MITS. All incoming mail going to firstname.lastname@usask.ca will be forwarded to the real address at abc123@mail.usask.ca. Once you have created your alias, you can tell people your email address is firstname.lastname@usask.ca and then they will not have to remember your real email address. Students and alumni are limited to one email alias; employees can create multiple email aliases.

All email aliases must conform to the Computer Use Policy. By completing a MITS registration you agree to conform to these policies, including the policy to refrain from using University computing facilities in threatening, discriminatory, harassing, or obscene manners.

Create & Manage your Email Alias

To create an email alias you will need to:

1. Log in to MITS with your NSID username and password.
2. Click on "Manage Email Aliases" in the left menu.
3. In the Create Alias box, enter the alias you wish to use. Aliases must be in the form of something.something—note that a "." is required.
4. Ensure the "Deliver to" address is set to the correct email server.
5. From the Name pull-down menu, select the format for your name entry in the email directory.
6. If you want your email alias published in the public email directory, select Yes beside Off Campus Searchable?
7. Enter your department name. As you start typing, select your department name from the menu.
8. Click the Create Alias button.

To modify an existing email alias, in the Current Aliases box make any change(s) and click the Save Changes button.

To delete an existing email alias, click the Delete button below the alias you wish to delete.

Your Outgoing Address

Creating a MITS email alias does not automatically make the alias appear as your outgoing email address (your "from" address). Depending on the server your email services is on, it may be possible to have your outgoing email manually set to indicate your email alias.

Outlook Web App / Outlook / Mobile Devices

When you create an alias using MITS, there will be a check box for selecting the alias as your 'Primary Address'. Only one alias can be selected as your 'Primary Address'. The alias that is selected as 'Primary Address' will automatically become your "from" address when using Outlook Web App, Outlook clients (in Exchange mode), and mobile devices (except Blackberry devices configured to use IMAP... see the set-up guides for mobile devices).

Other Email Clients

Some email clients such as Mozilla Thunderbird and Microsoft Outlook (in IMAP mode) may allow you to set your outgoing address. The method to set this will vary with each client. Please Note: You must be careful with setting your outgoing address from within your email client. It is possible to specify a "from" address that does not exist. In that case, you could send email to people, but when they try to reply to you, the email will bounce back saying no such person exists. You should always test your email after setting it up by sending email to yourself and then replying to the message.