How to set up an SFSU Email Account and Forward It To Your Outside Account

How to Setup a New SFSU Email Account

It's very easy to setup a new SFSU email account. In fact, you can do it right here and now from this web browser and best of all, it's totally free. Before you can sign up, you will need:

SFSU ID number (typically your Social Security Number)
4-digit PAC Code (the same as you use for signing up for courses through Touch Tone)
If you have those in hand or in mind, you can proceed to the web link below, fill-out the form provided and within 2 hours, an Internet account will be created for you which includes an email address and 2mb of space for web pages (**see below). Before you sign-up keep in mind:

Think of what you want your email name to be (remember you are going to have to give this to people so don't embarass yourself).
Remember that the password you create must be at least 8 characters with one number included in those first 8 characters (such as "abcdefg1")

https://www.sfsu.edu/online/accounts.htm

How to Have SFSU Email Forwarded to Another Email Account

If you regularly use an outside email account such as AOL, Earthlink or another ISP, it would still be wise to setup your SFSU account and just have it forwarded to your current account. That way, you won't have to check for your SFSU mail, it will come to you. This is especially helpful to your professor's who are provided an automated way to send email to their entire class but it will only allow for that to be sent to SFSU email addresses.

https://www.sfsu.edu/online/forward/forwards.htm