Personalize Your Email Address

Question

How do I personalize my email address?

Answer

Students and staff can personalize their email address. This will be an additional email address for your email account. The new address will be derived from your name, which may be easier to use. Your current email address will continue to work; you will receive messages sent to both addresses.

Important note: This is an additional email address, not a new Username (PawPrint). You will still need to use your Username to log in to your technology accounts, including email, computer labs, Canvas, and other systems. Your password will not change.

Things to know before personalizing your email address:

  • If you are a student, you cannot have a personalized email address if you have asserted Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
    • If you assert FERPA after selecting a personalized email address, your personalized email address will be automatically removed within 24-48 hours without notice. Any mail sent to the personalized address will not be delivered.
  • Your sent messages will still appear to come from Last Name, First Name.
    • Your email, in the address book, will display as your new personalized address. For example, the email sender will show, “Tiger, Truman (MU-Student)”. However, the email address attached will no longer be the assigned username. Instead, it will reflect the personalized address, such as TrumanTiger@mail.missouri.edu.

Follow these steps to personalize your email address:

  1. Log in to the Authoritative Identity Management System (AIMS) with your university Username and Password to manage your account.
  2. In the Personalize Account box, click Personalize Email.
  3. On this page you will see a list of options derived from your name.
  • You can only choose one personalized email address.
  • Even though some letters may be capitalized, your new address is not case-sensitive.
  1. Select an email address.
  2. Click Submit.

Note: It may take an hour to go into effect. Once this is done, emails you send will be received from your new address.

For Additional Assistance

Please call the IT Help Desk at 573-882-5000, email at techsupport@missouri.edu, or you may select Live Chat! (Contact Us section) on the Division of IT Client Portal. 

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