How to ... Manage email

When you get a NERSC user account, an email alias is created for you of the form

 username@nersc.gov

where username is your login name. This email address is not directed to a fixed machine - there is no computer named nersc.gov . Instead, username@nersc.gov is an email alias that will forward mail to your home email address as specified in your application for computer time.

The NIM accounting interface will display your delivery address under the Contact Info tab (select My Contact Info from the My Stuff pull-down in the NIM main menu). Please keep your contact information in NIM up-to-date.

E-mail on the compute platforms

Reading email on the compute platforms is not permitted at NERSC. Email sent to a machine, for example username@franklin.nersc.gov, is automatically forwarded to the alias username@nersc.gov, and from there on to your home email address.

NERSC E-mail lists

NERSC maintains a number of user email lists to which you may subscribe. See NERSC User Email Lists for more information.