Activate Your Alumni Email Forwarding

Important Dates

MasonLive accounts retired: July 15, 2026
- MasonLive email, contacts, files, and other account content that were not backed up before this date are no longer available and cannot be recovered.
gmu.edu accounts retire: September 30, 2026
- The university will not automatically forward emails from retired MasonLive or gmu.edu accounts.

Before You Begin

Please review the Alumni Email Transition FAQs for important information about the transition and your new forwarding service.

Follow the Steps

Follow the steps below to activate your alumni forwarding. Once your forwarding address is active, be sure to update your email address with any organizations, services, or contacts currently using your masonlive.gmu.edu or gmu.edu email address.

Alumni Email Forwarding Steps

Step 1

For @gmu.edu email accounts, you will receive an email from GMU Alumni Association to activate the new GMU Email Forwarding Service. Forgot your Patriot Pass password? Reset password at: password.gmu.edu

Step 2

Click the highlighted link in the email to start the activation of the GMU Email Forwarding Service.

Step 3

Confirm your request by clicking “Yes, I Confirm”.

Step 4

On the Address Confirmation Completed page, your new @gmualumni.org forwarding address will be displayed. Copy this address, as you’ll use it to log into the portal to enter the non-Mason email address, where your emails will be forwarded.

Step 5

Click “Return to Homepage”.

Step 6

On the following “Welcome” screen enter your gmualumni.org address, that you copied in Step #4, and click “Submit”.

Step 7

An email will be sent to your current @masonlive.gmu.edu or @gmu.edu email address. Open that email and click “Sign in now“.

Step 8

On the opening web page, enter your non-Mason email address (forward address) and click “Add”.

Step 9

A verification email will be sent to the non-Mason email address that you entered in Step #8.

Step 10

Open the email and click “Yes, I confirm” to complete the setup. Any email sent to your new @gmualumni.org email address will now auto-forward to the non-Mason email address that you provided.

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