SAS students can forward their SAS email to an account of their choosing. Here are some things that you should consider when forwarding your email
- Ability to set your from address - we highly recommend that you choose an email provider that allows you to set your from and reply-to addresses to be your SAS account.
- SPAM filtering - or we should say "over-filtering." Some email providers can mark legitimate mail from University contacts as SPAM. Different services have different protocols - some may put important mail mismarked as SPAM in your Junk folder, others may delete it altogether.
Feature | Hotmail | GMail | Yahoo | AOL |
Ability to set from address | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Reliability of mail delivery from University contacts | Problems reported | High | Moderate | Moderate |
POP access to your mail | Secure Access | Secure Access | Secure Access | Unsecure Access |
IMAP access to your mail | Secure Access | Secure Access | Secure Access | Unsecure Access |
Works with mobile devices | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Advertising | Yes | Minimal | Yes | Yes |
Attention GMail users, see our special tips for forwarding SAS email to a personal GMail account.