Your Columbia Email

Email at a glance:

• myUNI - manage your University Network ID. Your unique UNI is the first part of your Columbia email address: uni@columbia.edu.
  • If you already know your UNI, you can activate your email and select a password at myUNI.
  • If you don't know your UNI, first look for it by entering your name in the Search field at myUNI.
  • If you do not have one yet:
    - Faculty and staff must have their Department Administrator (or other qualified person in your department) request their UNI via the Delegated Identity Administration within Peoplesoft. Please speak to your supervisor if you do not know who this person is.
    - Students must contact their school or Student Administrative Services.
  • Change your password, set a vacation message, filter messages and more by logging in to myUNI.
• Password Problems - what to do if you've forgotten your email password.
• CubMail - Columbia's web-based email access.
• Outlook 2003 is the primary supported email program by CUMC IT, information and a list of tutorials can be found here.
• Configuration instructions for your Columbia email and Exchange.
• Using Ingo has tutorials on spam filtering, setting email forwarding, away messages and more.
• Email FAQs - for Students or Faculty and Staff.
• NYP email - if you need assistance with an email address that ends in @nyp.org, please click here (you must be on campus to view the site) or contact extension 4-Help (212-746-4357).
• Alumni email forwarding instructions.
• Email Security - learn about security issues specific to email use.

About Columbia Email

We realize that email is a vital part of Columbia life and strive to provide the best possible support for your account. In 2006, Columbia upgraded the mail server software and hardware to the Cyrus program, providing more space and stable access to over 80,000 accounts. Email accounts also continue to be protected by required use of secure protocols, automatic backups and spam and virus filtering. Columbia email is a free service provided to faculty, staff and students, with a lifetime email forwarding service provided for Columbia Alumni.

Columbia's mail servers are managed by CUIT on the Morningside campus, however anyone based at CUMC with questions or issues regarding their email should contact the CUMC IT Service Desk at extension 5-Help. We have the administrative access and the information needed to troubleshoot your email, as well as knowledge that is specific to email use at the Medical Center campus.