With your JGU account, you automatically have an email address in the form of username@uni-mainz.de or username@students.uni-mainz.de.
In most cases, however, this is not your real name. You have the option of entering (and deleting) an additional email address yourself.
Such an email alias can be used to receive or send email just like your normal email address. You will still receive email sent to your original address, your email alias is just an additional address for the same inbox.
Usually email aliases are used as email addresses in the form of Firstname.Lastname@uni-mainz.de or @students.uni-mainz.de e.g. Johannes.Gutenberg@uni-mainz.de.
You can use the following steps to change your display name, select an email alias or edit your exiting email alias:
- Click My Account at the top left of the page.
- Under Personal Data → Display Name (Email) use the gray pencil icon to select your new Name and title if desired→ Save.
- Click Email & Phone at the top left of the page.
- Select under primary email address a suitable email alias with your new name using the green plus icon → Save.
- Then use the gray pencil icon to select an email alias, that will be your sender address in the future → Save.
