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UCLA Email FAQ

Help with different UCLA email accounts.

  1. What is @ucla.edu email?
  2. What is @g.ucla.edu email?
  3. What is @psych.ucla.edu email? (optional)
  4. For those who primarily use @ucla.edu, how do I forward Psych email to the g.ucla.edu address. 
  5. For those who primarily use @psych.ucla.edu, how to forward from @g.ucla.edu to @psych.ucla.edu.
  6. For those who use @ucla.edu how to “send as @ucla.edu” from within the g.ucla.edu web interface.
  7. For those who use @ucla.edu, how to change their display name from “JOE BRUIN” to “Joe Bruin”.
  1. What is @ucla.edu email?
    1. Your @bkarneydu email address is an alias which forwards to another email, most likely to your @g.ucla.edu address.
    2. To verify forwarding login to the UCLA Identity and Accounts Manager

    3. Go to My Services.
      My Services
    4. Under BOL Email Forwarding, you can see where the emails sent to your @ucla.edu are forwarded to. You can set this forward according to your preference.

      BOL Email Forwarding
  1. What is @g.ucla.edu email?
    Your @g.ucla.edu address is a UCLA Google Apps for Education account which includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Docs, and more. Google Apps for Education is available to employees, students, alumni, and retirees. For more information, please see Google Apps for UCLA Eligibility and Activation.
  2. What is @psych.ucla.edu email? (optional)
    An @psych.ucla.edu email address is (optionally) available to Psychology faculty, staff, grad students, and other members of the Psychology department.  Psychology departmental email, is part of the Microsoft Office 365 (O365) suite of collaboration tools.  Psychology department email is supported by the Enterprise Messaging group within campus IT Services.  Psychology email addresses come with 50GB of email storage and 1TB of Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage.
  1. For those who primarily use @ucla.edu, how do I forward Psych email to the g.ucla.edu address. 
    1. Logon to the Outlook Web App for Office 365

      Logon Process
    2. Select Outlook on the left-hand side

      Outlook
    3. Select Settings > View All Outlook Settings

      All Outlook Settings
    4. Go to Mail > Forwarding > Enable Forwarding > @g.ucla.edu
      Select Keep a copy of forwarded messages to retain a backup on your O365 account.
      outlook enable forwarding
  1. For those who primarily use @psych.ucla.edu, how to forward from @g.ucla.edu to @psych.ucla.edu.
    1. Logon to your g.ucla.edu
      g.ucla.edu logon
    2. Settings > See all settings
      UCLA email settings
    3. Select Forwarding and POP/IMAP, Add a forwarding address
      Forwarding address field
    4. Select Forward a copy of incoming mail to your@psych.ucla.edu and keep Google Apps for UCLA Mail’s copy in the inbox

      forward incoming mail selection
  1. For those who use @ucla.edu how to “send as @ucla.edu” from within the g.ucla.edu web interface.
    1. Logon to your g.ucla.edu
      g.ucla.edu Logon
    2. Settings > Accounts and Import > Send mail as (@ucla.edu)

      accounts and import settings
  1. For those who use @ucla.edu, how to change their display name from “JOE BRUIN” to “Joe Bruin”
    1. Logon to your g.ucla.edu
      g.ucla.edu logon
    2. Settings > Accounts and Import > Edit Info

      Accounts and Import Settings
    3. Modify your Name

      modify name settings