Technology and Support

Computer and E-Mail Accounts

As you begin your computing life at the Journalism School, it is critical to understand that throughout the year, you will be using two separate accounts:

  1. Your journalism computer account is used to log on to the computing resources inside the building. This account is your portal to using the Journalism School's hardware and software. It requires a username and a password. It is the step which leads to all other steps.
     
  2. Your Columbia e-mail account is used to access all e-mail communication sent to your Columbia e-mail address (from your faculty and the Columbia community as a whole). You will also use this account to access Columbia library and research resources when off-campus.

Keep in mind that - you have two separate accounts, the login is the same for both, the password is different.

If you are experiencing problems with your e-mail account, please contact CUIT at 212.854.1919 or consultant@columbia.edu. The Journalism IT department does not support Columbia e-mail accounts.

Journalism computer account - Login Instructions

A step-by-step guide to selecting your username and unique password for your Journalism computer account.
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Login Instructions

E-mail Accounts

Resetting your E-mail Password

In the event that you forget your e-mail password you will need to reset it in person by visiting the Computer Center in 102 Philosophy Hall.

Checking E-mail in the Labs and on campus

University e-mail may be accessed through two media: a text-based interface (Pine) or a web-based interface (CUBmail).

Pine is easy to use, quicker than CUBmail, but dealing with attachments is awkward. CUBmail is accessible via your web browser. It can be slow if mail files are large, but it is useful for viewing attachments and quick mail checks on campus or when traveling.

Quota

By default you are allocated a total of 250 megabytes of disk storage to manage your incoming and outgoing e-mail and your website, with free increases to 1GB available as needed. If you exceed your quota, any new messages you receive will not be displayed. You can avoid this by purging unneeded messages and large attachments.

Obtaining More Server Space

Please contact CUIT to obtain additional storage space. It is recommended that students sign up for a secondary free e-mail address through Yahoo! (1000MB), Emailaccount.com (6MB), Lycos (6MB), or Hotmail (100MB).

Opening Attachments and Attaching Files to E-mails

Be aware of computer viruses and worms that take advantage of e-mail attachments and e-mail clients. Be cautious about receiving attachments even from trusted sources and people you know. It is best not to open any unexpected attachments that are not forewarned by the sender. Do not open ANY attachments directly from your e-mail client. Instead, save them to the hard drive and use Norton Anti-Virus to scan it for viruses. Then open the appropriate application, and open the document from the application's File menu.
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Safer Computing at Columbia

Forwarding Columbia E-mail Accounts

You can choose to forward your mail, so that mail arriving at your Columbia e-mail address is automatically re-sent to some other address. This is very useful for managing multiple e-mail accounts and avoiding multiple logins.
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Change your forward settings http://uni.columbia.edu/

Changing Personal Spam and Filter Settings

System-wide filters already exist. You may be able to keep more spam-like messages out of your inbox by changing your personal filter setting. You can also reject e-mails from certain addresses, sort incoming e-mails, or re-send selected messages.
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Change filter and spam settings http://uni.columbia.edu

File and Network Storage

Tips on how to manage and store files; the difference between zip disks, flash drives, CDRs and CDRWs.
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File Managment