Forwarding Setup and Activation

Post.Harvard email addresses can be created and modified on our email forwarding page.  You will need your Alumni.Harvard user ID and password in order to access this page.  When setting up or changing your Post.Harvard email addresses, please keep the following points in mind:

  • You must activate forwarding in order to use your Post.Harvard email address.  If you select "do not forward," any messages sent to your Post.Harvard email address will bounce back as undeliverable.
  • Any time you create a Post.Harvard address or make any changes to your forwarding settings, it will take about 12-24 hours for the changes to take effect.
  • Each alumnus/alumna can have only one Post.Harvard address, which can forward to only one destination.

Creating a Post.Harvard Address

  1. Visit the Alumni.Harvard email forwarding page.
  2. Select a Post.Harvard email address (e.g. name@post.harvard.edu).
  3. Enter the email address where you would like to have mail forwarded as either your primary email address or your additional email address.
  4. Click either "forward to primary" or "forward to additional," then submit.

After taking these steps, it will take about 12-24 hours for your Post.Harvard email address to become active.

Changing Your Post.Harvard Address

Post.Harvard email addresses can be changed by visiting the Alumni.Harvard email forwarding page and clicking on the "to change your Alumni.Harvard email name, click here" link.  You can also access the address change page directly here.  On the address change page, enter the address you would like to use, and click the "continue" button.

Any changes to your Post.Harvard email address will take about 12-24 hours to take effect, after which your previous address will no longer be valid.  Please be sure to notify your contacts of the change in email address.

Your Post.Harvard email address is independent from your user ID, so changing your email address will not affect your login.

Changing Your Forwarding Destination

After setting up a Post.Harvard email address, you can set it to forward to new destination.  To change your forwarding destination address:

  1. Visit the Alumni.Harvard email forwarding page.
  2. Enter the email address where you would like to have mail forwarded as either your primary email address or your additional email address.
  3. Click either "forward to primary" or "forward to additional," then submit.

After taking these steps, it will take about 12-24 hours for mail to be re-directed to your new address.  We strongly recommend that you update your forwarding settings and confirm that mail is being forwarded to your new destination address before cancelling the account to which mail is currently being forwarded.

Still need help?  Contact the help desk.