{"id":42107,"date":"2011-02-14T15:08:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T20:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=42107"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:23:54","slug":"google-mail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/bu-email\/google-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Google Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Students, Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments, Alumni, New\/Incoming Students<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>No charge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow our instructions for <a href=\"\/tech\/service\/areas\/support\/accounts\/email\/google\/enable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">creating a Google Apps account<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Once your account is ready, log in and begin using BU Google Mail at <a href=\"\/google\">www.bu.edu\/google<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>BU Google Mail, also known as G Suite for Education, is email hosted by Google Inc, accessible from anywhere. All mail is stored and backed up on Google\u2019s servers, located around the world.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>The interface is familiar to many people from their previous use of Gmail for their private email accounts, eliminating the need to learn a new interface for their BU mail. Capacity and availability are backed by Google\u2019s extensive and geographically diverse resources.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mailbox storage<\/li>\n<li>Access to your BU email through a web interface or via any IMAP client on your computer or mobile device<\/li>\n<li>Continued use of your BU email address after you graduate<\/li>\n<li>Email integration with BU Google Apps and Google Groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>Google states that mail will be available 24 by 7 and they \u201cGuarantee 99.9% availability with zero scheduled down-time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You must have a BU ID number.<\/li>\n<li>You must have a current affiliation with the University &#8211; active, or alumni &#8211; as determined and verified by Human Resources or the Registrar.<\/li>\n<li>Non-BU affiliates who demonstrate a business need for a BU Google Mail account can be sponsored for a <strong>Guest<\/strong> account. Please have your sponsor complete the Guest account request form at <a title=\"www.bu.edu\/help\/tech\/accounts\" href=\"\/help\/tech\/accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.bu.edu\/help\/tech\/accounts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Department representatives seeking a Departmental\/Service account should submit the request through <a title=\"www.bu.edu\/help\/tech\/accounts\" href=\"\/help\/tech\/accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.bu.edu\/help\/tech\/accounts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Student organizations must have a BU sponsor for group email accounts.<\/li>\n<li>All individuals must read and agree to the University <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/conditions-of-use-policy-computing-ethics\/\">Conditions of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"\/tech\/about\/policies\/computing-ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Policy on Computing Ethics<\/a>. In addition, for information on proper use of BU Google Apps, please see the <a href=\"\/tech\/about\/policies\/google\/\">BU Google Apps Acceptable Use and Data Security <\/a>policy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Follow our instructions for <a href=\"\/tech\/service\/areas\/support\/accounts\/email\/google\/enable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">creating a Google Apps account<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Once your account is ready, you can log in and begin using BU Google Mail at <a href=\"\/google\">www.bu.edu\/google<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email hosted by Google&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1348,"featured_media":0,"parent":159300,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"service.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42107"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147336,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42107\/revisions\/147336"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}