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All NYIT student e-mails have transitioned to a new Google Apps-based service. If you are experiencing any email problems or have questions, please call the NYIT Service Central at 516.686.1400, ext. 3.

How do I get started?
Same as you normally do. Log in to your e-mail through the web portal myNYIT with your existing username and password, and you'll be authenticated for Google services as well.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Google Apps?
A bridge between NYIT and Google products. On one side, we have communication and collaboration needs for our university. On the other side, there are successful, innovative, online personal Google products. Google Apps allows us to embrace the strengths of both sides. Google quality, Google connectivity. NYIT, our people. Powerful, easy-to-use tools. Communicate via e-mail, instant messaging, and voice calls. Create and share calendar events, documents, and spreadsheets.

Why are we using Google Apps?
To bring together essential communication applications, and to improve productivity and communication. We can focus on student needs and adding value to the experience while Google focuses on building excellent products, maintaining the feature set, and innovating our communication options for tomorrow. Our goal is to offer you a reliable, practical, secure, feature-rich webmail environment. We can focus on the core values of our school, such as student relationships, and let Google leverage its extensive operational experience with security and privacy.

What is the maximum message size and mailbox quota?
The maximum message size is 20MB and the total mailbox quota exceeds 7 gigabytes.

Will I lose my archives or my contact lists?
Your archives from your previous e-mail account will be automatically saved to your new account. The first time you access the new Google-based e-mail system, you will receive an e-mail explaining how to retrieve your e-mail contacts.

What options do I have for accessing e-mail?
The primary option is webmail. In your online e-mail account, you can chat with your contacts, create filters to organize your inbox before new mail arrives, schedule calendar events, map addresses in your messages, and track postal packages.

How are the Google services linked together?
You have one username for all services in the Google Apps package. Once you log in to your myNYITmail account, you can easily access all other services.  Within your e-mail account, you can chat with your contacts. You'll can also receive invitations for calendar events and to collaborate on documents and spreadsheets.

What do I need to know about documents and spreadsheets?
It's a web-based word processing and spreadsheet application. It can help us collaborate on projects from anywhere. Your documents are stored online. You and anyone you invite to collaborate can access the document from any internet-connected computer, and make changes simultaneously. Multiple people can make changes at once, and everyone's changes show in real-time. You can get started right away by creating a new document or by uploading a file from your computer. Since the products are integrated, you can use your email account Contacts list to invite people to view or edit your documents.

More Tips
Revision history: Individual edits are kept so you can see who made changes and revert back, if necessary. Search: Just like the rest of Google products, you can harness the power of Google search to look for a document you haven't edited in months. Security and privacy: You choose who sees your document. Other users can only access your document or spreadsheet if you add them to the list of collaborators or viewers, or if you decide to publish the document.

I can chat in my e-mail account. Why bother with the Google Talk client?
Free voice calls, voicemail for when your contacts are offline, and file transfers while chatting. PC-to-PC voice calls (VoIP) are practical and offer great quality. The person on the other end can be anywhere in the world as long as he or she is connected to the Google Talk network.

Where can I find more information?

• Google Help Center
• NYIT Helpdesk: 516.686.1400, ext. 3