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E-mail forwarding for societies

CUSU recognises that, because changes to the officers running any society take place frequently, communication can sometimes be difficult.

CUSU offers societies an e-mail forwarding service, which  a large number of societies already find useful.

Making communication easier

Mail addressed to societyname@cusu.cam.ac.uk will be bounced (automatically forwarded) to the society contact given.

For example, The Folk Song Singers (a fictional society) is run by the conductor whose e-mail is xyz12@cam.ac.uk . Any e-mails sent to folksongs@cusu.cam.ac.uk (which is the name they reserved) will automatically be bounced on to xyz12@cam.ac.uk

Updating the contact

Please login to the Societies Directory to change the forwarding address for your Society.

Setting the alias as an outgoing address

The societyname@cusu.cam.ac.uk alias system is not a real e-mail account as such, just a forwarding address.

However, you can set the e-mail address as an outgoing address in your mail client, so that e-mails appear to come from that address rather than your real e-mail address.

In Hermes Webmail:

  1. Login to Hermes Webmail as normal.
  2. Click on 'Manage' in the top row.
  3. Click on the 'Roles' button.
  4. Click 'Add new role'.
  5. Enter societyname (as in societyname@cusu.cam.ac.uk) in the boxes marked 'Alias'.
  6. Enter the society's name in 'From personal name'.
  7. Enter the full alias (e.g. societyname@cusu.cam.ac.uk) in 'From address'.
  8. If you want mail sent from that address to go into a different sentmail box, enter the name of a mailbox in 'Fcc', e.g. 'societyname'.
  9. You can also add a different signature if you want.
  10. Click on 'Add/update entry'.
  11. Now when you click on 'Compose' you will get the option of the default @cam address role, or your new societyname role.

In Outlook:

Instructions available shortly. In summary you need to ensure that the 'From' or outgoing address is set to be the societyname@cusu.cam.ac.uk address.

In Mulberry:

  1. In Mulberry, on the menu at the top, click on 'File' then 'Preferences'
  2. Click on 'Simple' which is at the side, to give the easy configuration screen
  3. In the 'E-mail Address' box enter the address in the form societyname@cusu.cam.ac.uk
  4. All other settings remain as before
  5. Click on 'OK'
  6. You can now compose messages as normal, appearing to come from the new alias address.

In Eudora:

  1. In Eudora, on the menu at the top, click on 'Tools' then 'Options...'
  2. In the 'category' area on the left, select 'Getting Started' at the top
  3. In the 'return address' box enter the address in the form societyname@cusu.cam.ac.uk
  4. All other settings remain as before
  5. Click on 'OK'
  6. You can now compose messages as normal, appearing to come from the new alias address.

In Pine (e.g. ssh hermes or PC-Pine)

This requires the setting up of so-called 'roles', as follows:

  1. On a menu screen, type 'M' to go to the main menu, 'S' for setup, 'R' for rules, then 'R' for Roles.
  2. In the Roles screen, press 'A' to add a new role.
  3. Use up/down to go to the 'Nickname' line and press Enter/Return on the keyboard. Enter a short nickname for this role and press Enter/Return.
  4. Scroll down to 'Set from' and press Enter/Return to edit this line. Enter the societyname@cusu.cam.ac.uk address and Enter/Return.
  5. Scroll down to 'Without confirmation' under the heading 'Compose Use' and press Enter/Return.
  6. Press E for Exit Setup and Y to Commit Changes
  7. Repeat this: again press E for Exit Setup and Y to Commit Changes
  8. You can now compose messages as normal, appearing to come from the new alias address.