Activating your Google account

Erick Pomplun updated June 26 at 7:05 PM

Objective: This page will walk you through the steps of activating your UCSD google account. 

1. Navigate to to https://googleactivation.ucsd.edu
2. Enter in your AD credentials (Same username and password used to login to your Exchange email).

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3. When completed correctly you will be notified on the screen that your Google account has been successfully activated.
4. Navigate to to Google.com and  and sign into your account on the top right corner of the page.

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5. If you are already signed into an account please sign out and sign in using a different account by selecting the arrow next to the email address and then selecting "Sign in with another account".

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6. Sign in with your AD credentials using your full email address as the username (Ex: Username@ucsd.edu).
7. Click on the cog near the top right corner (Settings) and from the drop down select "Settings".

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8. Select "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" from the top row highlighted in blue.

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9. Enable IMAP and make sure to click on "Save changes" at the bottom of the page.

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Aliases

You can set up an alias by doing the following:

1. Navigate to to Google.com
2. Sign in to your UCSD account
3. Click on the cog near the top right corner (settings) and from the drop down select "Settings"
4. Select "Accounts" from the top row highlighted in blue
5. enter your alias in the "Send Mail As" field
6. Follow the prompts to fully register your alias

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Useful Links and tips

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\\ \\ SIO IT email client set up - \[ https://scrippsit.ucsd.edu/hc/en-us/articles/115006493108\] \\ \\ Google Support for email clients - \[

Google Support for email clients - https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en\] \\ \\ IMPORTANT FOR OUTLOOK USERS: By default, Outlook stores a copy of sent messages on the server or local host when using IMAP protocol. In order to not have duplicate messages in your Sent Items (Folder), check the option "Don't store a copy of sent messages" in Outlook -> Preferences -> Accounts -> Advanced... -> Folders. This setting will need to be done on each computer running Outlook. \\ \\

IMPORTANT FOR OUTLOOK USERS:  By default, Outlook stores a copy of sent messages on the server or local host when using IMAP protocol.  In order to not have duplicate messages in your Sent Items (Folder), check the option "Don't store a copy of sent messages" in Outlook -> Preferences -> Accounts -> Advanced... -> Folders.  This setting will need to be done on each computer running Outlook.