Call the IT Assistance Line at (312) 751-5227.  Hours of operation are Mon-Fri, 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM.

If you have an Archdiocesan GroupWise account, your e-mail address is username@archchicago.org.

So, if your usename is jsmith, your e-mail address is jsmith@archchicago.org

Parish and school usernames follow a standard format.

If there is only one parish/school within the Archdiocese with that name, the parish username is simply the parish name (or abbreviated version of it).  A school's username is prefixed with Elem- OR HS-.

If there is more than one parish/school with that name, the street name is added to the end of the username.

Examples:

StHolySmoke-Superior

Elem-StHolySmoke-Ashland

Unfortunately, there's not really anything you can do to prevent spam.  The only mailbox that will never get spam is the mailbox that is never used.

Despite your best efforts at controller who has your e-mail address...one of the main reasons you'll get spam has nothing to do with you.

One main reason you might get spam is if someone who has your e-mail address on their computer gets a virus.  That virus can then "harvest" the e-mail addresses on that computer and begin sending spam to those addresses and even impersonate those people when sending messages.

Unless you can guarantee that every person you send an e-mail to (or receive e-mails from) is running up-to-date virus software, you will get spam through no fault of your own.

Call the IT Assistance Line at (312) 751-5227.  Hours of operation are Mon-Fri, 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM.

If you have an Archdiocesan GroupWise account, your e-mail address is username@archchicago.org.

So, if your usename is jsmith, your e-mail address is jsmith@archchicago.org

Parish and school usernames follow a standard format.

If there is only one parish/school within the Archdiocese with that name, the parish username is simply the parish name (or abbreviated version of it).  A school's username is prefixed with Elem- OR HS-.

If there is more than one parish/school with that name, the street name is added to the end of the username.

Examples:

StHolySmoke-Superior

Elem-StHolySmoke-Ashland

Unfortunately, there's not really anything you can do to prevent spam.  The only mailbox that will never get spam is the mailbox that is never used.

Despite your best efforts at controller who has your e-mail address...one of the main reasons you'll get spam has nothing to do with you.

One main reason you might get spam is if someone who has your e-mail address on their computer gets a virus.  That virus can then "harvest" the e-mail addresses on that computer and begin sending spam to those addresses and even impersonate those people when sending messages.

Unless you can guarantee that every person you send an e-mail to (or receive e-mails from) is running up-to-date virus software, you will get spam through no fault of your own.