Many departments at Swarthmore have shared email accounts that are read and responded to by more than one person.     Examples of this type of account are addresses are email accounts like "admissions" or "registrar".   These accounts are set configured as "delegated accounts" in Gmail and can be accessed directly from your personal Gmail account if your department or group utilizes one.

Accessing a Delegated Email Account

If When you are granted access to a delegated email account, you can access it by clicking on your profile picture or email address in the upper-right corner of Gmail. Choose the shared email address from the lower half of this menu , and it the delegated account will open in a new tab within your web browser.

The delegated email account will allow you to send and receive mail sent to that the shared address , and label or filter messages as you would in your own mailbox.   Any mail organization performed that you perform will be seen by all delegates.

Any messages you send from the delegated account will have your name listed in addition to the account's name, so the sender will appear as: Your Name (sent by Delegated Account).   Replies to any sent Sent mail notices and direct replies to messages will be delivered go to the shared account.

As a delegate you can access the contacts of the shared accounts contacts account by clicking the Contacts link. Clicking the To, Cc, or Bcc links in the mail compose window will also bring up your contacts.

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