<p>How come new students are assigned an email using the @u.northwestern.edu instead of <a href="mailto:initial-lastname@northwestern.edu">initial-lastname@northwestern.edu</a>? Is there anyway to get a northwestern.edu email if you have a u.northwestern.edu email?</p>
<p>no, but the gmail accounts are much, much, much better. Other than the slight annoyance of having the u before northwestern (you'll get over it), they're superior in every way. And you can assign up to two different aliases to the front end- I have friends who have addresses like "<a href="mailto:dave@u.northwestern.edu">dave@u.northwestern.edu</a>"</p>
<p>They switched the entire webmail system over to u.nu and discontinued the @northwestern.edu line. It's better now anyway because you used to lose the @northwestern.edu email after you graduated; but now, your @u.nu you can keep forever. </p>
<p>Plus like arbiter said, you can still use nicknames, so it's nice to have <a href="mailto:whateveryouwant@u.northwestern.edu">whateveryouwant@u.northwestern.edu</a> and be able to use it forever.</p>
<p>I'm a little unsure how it works out, but i seem to remember that you keep the @northwestern.edu email and it forwards your mail rather than actually being an account. Is this only for people who already have them?</p>
<p>Yeah, that is only if you previously had an @northwestern.edu email address, so your mail didn't get screwed up. You can't get one anymore.</p>
<p>i'm not sure if they still give out @northwestern.edu</p>
<p>I have both types of e-mail. my @northwestern.edu redirects to my @u.northwestern.edu which redirects to my gmail. My digital footprint is gigante</p>