New Account Information

Hi, and welcome to the math department! You're probably looking at this page because you received a message from us informing you that your network account has been set up.

Our department communicates mostly by e-mail. That's why we'd like you to follow the instructions below: we want you to get your e-mail! But we realize not everyone is comfortable working with unfamiliar computer systems—if you run into difficulty, please ask us for help.

Your network account is good for a variety of things: it stores e-mail, lets you publish a personal website, and gives you access to our scientific software.

• If you don't want a network account at all, let us know. You will have to have an e-mail account somewhere else, and you must tell us that address. For administrative purposes, we will still assign the @math.arizona.edu address to you, but all incoming mail will simply get forwarded to your other address. You can then ignore the rest of this page.
• Before you do anything else, you'll probably want to change your password.
• You'll want to know how to access your e-mail. To temporarily forward your mail elsewhere, please see our e-mail FAQs.
• You'll probably want to transfer existing files to your new account.
• You might want to put together a personal website.
• But as you start putting things in your account, please be aware that each account has a quota. You can check your quota. Be sure to keep an eye on it, as you'll run into difficulty when the account fills up: incoming e-mail will be rejected, and you might even be unable to log in at all.
• Finally, to use our scientific software, you'll find it easiest to do so sitting physically in front of a computer here, but if you're feeling adventurous, you can establish a graphical remote desktop connection to your account. You can also accomplish a lot of things using a text-only remote shell connection.
• Be aware of general university-wide computing policies regarding your use of e-mail and accounts on university-owned systems, which includes your math department e-mail and math department network account.
• If you have a computer at home, you may want to know about free dial-up internet access. If you carry your personal computing equipment to the department, you'll want to know how to register it for use on our network, and you may want to know about building wireless network access.
• Now you're on your own. Please read through the various pages in this computer support website. Best of luck!