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Forwarding Instructions for YAHOO

Step One: Create your alumni e-mail address

  1. Go to PAN Online
  2. Log In with your User Name and Password. Click Submit.
  3. Click Email Forwarding – Create/Modify Account.
  4. Choose Your New E-mail Address.
  5. Enter Email address where mail will be forwarded (this is your current Yahoo account)
  6. Click Submit.

Step Two: Transfer emails from your student account into your Yahoo account

This step is for recent graduates only. For those without a student e-mail account, proceed to step three.

  1. Sign in to Yahoo!
  2. Click Options in the top right of the page and select More Options….
  3. From the left-hand column, select Accounts and click Add or edit an account.
  4. Click Add.
  5. Choose an Account Name (i.e. Pepperdine) and click Continue.
  6. Enter your Name and your alumni forwarding email (yourname@alumni.pepperdine.edu) and click Continue.
  7. To import your emails from your student account, complete step 3: Setup Mail Server
    • Mail Server: pop.pepperdine.edu
    • Enter your Username (your Wavenet username)
    • Enter your Password (your Wavenet password)
    • Choose a color indicator
    • Do not check: Override default POP port
    • Do not check: Leave mail on POP server
    • Do not check: Retrieve new messages only
    • Check: Use Filters
    • Click Setup Mail Server
  8. Confirm that the email address you provided is correct. Click Send Verification.
  9. You will receive the Yahoo! Email Address Confirmation email in your Yahoo! inbox. *This may take several hours* 
  10. Click the link in the message Yahoo! Member Services sent and click Verify Account. You will be prompted to enter your password. Click Sign In.

Step Three: Send email from your @alumni.pepperdine.edu address

  1. Sign in to Yahoo!
  2. Click on Options in the top right of the page and select More Options….
  3. From the left-hand column, select Accounts and click Add or edit an account.
  4. Click on your @alumni.pepperdine.edu Account Name (i.e. Pepperdine) and click Edit.
  5. Under “Sending Mail”, enter your Name and your alumni forwarding email address (yourname@alumni.pepperdine.edu) and click Save Changes.
  6. Go back to your inbox and click on New.
  7. In the “From” field, you can now choose your @alumni.pepperdine.edu address

 For personalized help, please contact the Pepperdine University Alumni Office at (310) 506-6190 or .