As FAU increasingly uses e-mail to correspond with its students, it becomes more important to have accurate and reliable e-mail addresses for them. In the past, FAU students had the option of using FAU e-mail account or one from a commercial Internet service provider (ISP) and also had the option of providing an e-mail address (or multiple addresses) to the Registrar's Office for inclusion in their student record. The result is that FAU administrators frequently did not have reliable e-mail addresses for students. Faculty faced the same issue in their attempts to contact students in their classes by e-mail because students frequently changed ISP. To resolve this situation, FAU is implementing the following new e-mail policy, effective August 1, 2004:
When contacting students via e-mail, the University will use only the student's FAU e-mail address. This will ensure that e-mail messages from FAU administration and faculty can be sent to all students via a valid address. E-mail accounts are provided automatically for all students from the point of application to the University. The account will be disabled one semester post-graduation or after three consecutive semesters not registered for a course.
Do you forward your email to a personal account? If so
click here for more information. Accounts not used for 60 days are automatically disabled (not removed) for security purposes. If your account is disabled, contact the IRM Helpdesk at 561-297-3999 to re-activate your account.
The FAUNetID is used for various computing services offered by FAU: MyFAU (e-mail, calendar, announcements, etc.), Blackboard, computer lab access, file storage (also known as Active Directory/ANDI). However, the passwords for each service are set separately, so you should log onto each service, starting with MyFAU, and change your password to keep it consistent across services. Password must be at least 6 characters and contain at least 1 digit. Below are links to each service, including one for finding out what your username/FAUNetID is, and also information on the service:
