RCS Accounts, E-Mail, Web Pages: What you should know upon graduation!

	Important Dates
RCS account	Expires six weeks after graduation December graduation: February 15 May graduation: June 30
E-mail	Expires six weeks after graduation. However, e-mail forwarding set up before account expiration remains in effect for an additional 120 days.
Web pages	Are no longer viewable after account expiration.
Locker space	Permit locker space to someone else before account expiration.

How long will my RCS account be active?

Your RCS account will remain active for approximately six weeks after graduation. For May 2009 graduates, your account will remain active until June 30, 2009.

You will receive e-mail notification at least two weeks before your account's expiration.

How long will my e-mail address (rcsuserid@rpi.edu) be valid? If someone sends me e-mail using my current e-mail account, will that e-mail be forwarded?

Until your RCS account expires, you can continue to access e-mail sent to rcsuserid@rpi.edu through RCS (webmail, pop, unix, etc.). Once your account expires, you can no longer authenticate to receive e-mail at that address.

However, if you set up e-mail forwarding before your account expires, new e-mail will be forwarded for an additional 120 days.

Spam filtering - Respite stops filtering email after the RCS Account expires - June 30 for May graduates. If you are having your e-mail forwarded, any spam will get forwarded rather than be blocked. If you would like the forwarding stopped, please send a request by e-mail to consult@rpi.edu.

What is an "E-Mail for Life" e-mail account?

Graduates may obtain an "E-Mail for Life" account as a Rensselaer alum. Once this account is set up, you can choose to have your current e-mail account forwarded to it.

I have web pages in my RCS account. How long will these pages be visible?

The web pages will no longer be viewable after the account expires.

I have locker space in which I have files and/or data to be shared by others. What should I do before I leave?

Before you leave Rensselaer, please give someone else in your group the appropriate file permissions to administer the /locker space. (If you need help setting file permissions, you can see the consultants at the VCC Help Desk or see memo RPI.114, Sharing Files on RCS UNIX Systems.)

Note: The locker does not expire, even when the userid it is assigned to expires. Charges for the locker disk space will continue to be billed to the department until ARC is explicitly told to expire the locker.

Last modified: May 1, 2009