Every faculty, staff and student has an Ithaca College e-mail address. All official Ithaca College business is sent to that account. Individual e-mail accounts, along with many other IC systems and services, grant access via the Netpass username and password. More information about e-mail accounts is found in the Account section of this website.
Even though it is electronic, e-mail can become a permanent record. We encourage users to follow these best practices:
E-mail Best Practices
- E-mail can be a permanent record of what you have said -- think before you send
- Don’t put anything in e-mail that you aren't comfortable having printed on the front page of your local newspaper
- Sending threatening and/or harassing messages is a serious issue -- don't do it
- If you are harassed, save the e-mail and contact Public Safety, or contact the Computer Abuse Administrator at computer_abuse@ithaca.edu
- Don't share your Netpass password with anyone
- If you don't know the sender, don't open the e-mail, or click any links in the e-mail
- Never respond to e-mails requesting personal information such as password, date of birth, social security number, etc. (that's called phishing)
- Don't try to unsubscribe from spam e-mails, it just confirms that there's a real person reading the e-mail and may actually cause you to get more junk messages.
Spam, unsolicited e-mail, plagues every e-mail user. The College has systems in place to protect users against known spammers but users may still receive spam in their inbox. The Computer Protection section of this website provides additional information about spam and how you can protect your inbox.
