There are several ways to access your @New Paltz email, both on and off campus. New Paltz students are REQUIRED to check their campus email and to use it for ALL campus business.

• Web Email
• Thunderbird (Our recommended client for Windows, Mac, and Linux !)

Although other programs such as Outlook, Outlook Express, and Apple Mail may work, they are not supported by the college. Basic information for these can be found here: Generic Instructions

EMAIL ALIAS

If you are a student here for the first time, your username will be the
letter N followed by eight numbers. If your username (which you used to
login to your e-mail account) is like this, then you can sign up for an
alias based on your name.

To do so:

• Login to my.newpaltz.edu
• Click on Student Services
• Click on E-mail Alias Request under the Computer Services
  section.

• You will be given some choices (based on your name and/or common
  nicknames for those with the same first name as yours) for your
  alias.

Once you choose the alias, it will be setup within 24 hours. You will receive
an e-mail notice when it is setup. You will still have to use the username
starting with N0 to login, but will receive e-mail sent to that as well as
the new alias in your normal e-mail account.