Cabrini College - Information Technology & Resources
Official Accounts Policy
Cabrini College Accounts including Official College Email Address

This policy is effective as of March 1st, 2002
Contents:
Summary:

All Faculty, staff and students are required to have both an @cabrini.edu email account as well as a Cabrini domain account, commonly referred to as a "network account". The domain account provides an online identification key and the email account a Cabrini Official Email address. The College sends much of its correspondence solely through email. This includes policy announcements, emergency notices, event notifications, course syllabi and requirements, and correspondence between faculty and students. Some correspondence may be mailed only to the Official Cabrini Email address.
 
Scope:

This policy applies to all members of the Cabrini College Community: faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, and students.
The Cabrini Domain account:

The Cabrini Domain account is the central Cabrini College computer account as managed by Information Technology and Resources (ITR) and is one of the two accounts one receives when first becoming part of the Cabrini community. This account serves as the online identification key for Cabrini systems, allows access to the Internet through the college ISP, and affords access to the college servers and thereby to one's individual and shared storage space while on campus.
The Official Email address:
The Official Email address ends with "@cabrini.edu".

For most current students, faculty and staff, this is in the format of: firstiname.middleinitial.lastname@cabrini.edu. Example: john,j.smith@cabrini.edu.

This is the only email address that is officially associated with a member of the College. In general, this address remains the same throughout one's association with Cabrini College. Although individuals may choose and publish an alias for personal or general use, the official email address is used in the listservs for campus mass mailings.
Responsibilities:

All faculty including adjunct faculty, students and employees are required to:
  1. Activate their Cabrini domain and email accounts at the time they join the College
  2. Regularly check their incoming Cabrini College email
  3. Maintain their College email account in working order (including compliance with the Cabrini College Acceptable Use Policy)
  4. Appropriately manage disk space usage or email forwarding)

It is possible and acceptable to have email from one's @cabrini.edu account forwarded to another email address. However, the individual account holder is solely responsible for setting up and maintaining forwarding on his/her account, and for managing both the @cabrini.edu account and the account to which the email is forwarded so as to ensure that all Cabrini correspondence continues to be received. For special assistance with activating or managing your accounts, contact the ITR help desk itrhelp@cabrini.edu or call 610-902-8366 and someone will walk you through the process over the phone.
Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why does the College require the use of the Official Email address?

A: Assigning everyone a permanent email makes it possible for faculty, staff and other students to create reliable address book entries and mailing lists.
For example, once a professor creates a course mailing list using the students' Official Email addresses, that list can be used throughout the term. The ability to send mail to students will not be disrupted by any changes students might make in their Internet Service Provider or the address to which they forward their mail.

Q: Can I forward my Cabrini email? How?

A: Yes. Go to http://accounts.cabrini.edu and click on, identify your account, select "Forwarding" by your Cabrini email account and identify the receiving account.

Q: How do I pick up my Cabrini accounts including my @cabrini.edu email account?

A: Once you are confirmed as enrolled at Cabrini or added to college personnel records, an account will be set up for you. Please note, your userid is first, middle, and last initials and a system generated number and your official email is firstname.middleinitial.lastname@cabrini.edu. You may retrieve your accounts in any browser at http://accounts.cabrini.edu. Go to "Pick up my first account" and follow the instructions. You will be offered a system generated password but may reset this to one of your own choosing. Remember you must agree to the Cabrini College Acceptable Use Policy before your accounts will be activated.

Q: What's the difference between my @cabrini.edu account, my User ID and my email address?

A: These terms are often loosely used to mean the same thing, but to be precise:

Your User ID (along with its associated password) is the key that identifies you to the system. This key also allows you to log into the campus network systems as well as identifies you to the mail server when you check your mail. Your User ID is also defined to your email account and combined with @Cabrini.edu can be used for email purposes, e.g. you may receive mail addressed as either fml722@cabrini.edu or as your official email address, the firstname.middleinitial.lastname@cabrini.edu or as a unique alias that you have defined through Accounts.

Q: As an adjunct faculty member at Cabrini College, must I have an @Cabrini.edu email account and how may I obtain one?

A: Adjunct faculty members are required to have an @Cabrini.edu account so that all communications sent via global campus-wide email will reach everyone. When new hire paperwork is processed, the information for creating an email account is forwarded to the accounts management software called CAMS. Simply go to http://accounts.cabrini.edu, identify yourself by the information requested and receive your accounts and set your password. The domain password is necessary for access to the campus servers while on campus and is your way of being identified to the library systems, especially for remote access to the library databases.

Q: What if I do not have a computer or I am a commuter?

A: If you do not have a computer and live on or off campus you are still required to have a Cabrini domain and email account. Computer access for receiving your accounts and checking your email is available on campus in the computer lab located in the basement of the Holy Spirit Library, Room 4. Contact ITR at 610-902-8366, if you need help.