Send as your Alumni Forwarding Address (Students)

This article provides instructions on how to send as your Alumni Forwarding Address from either your Wharton Gmail account or your personal Gmail account. This option is frequently requested by students and alumni who want to share their Wharton Alumni forwarding address with contacts.

This will only work for students with an active Wharton account because Google requires authentication to an active account. Once you have graduated and your Wharton email account has been closed, these options will no longer work.

Before You Start

You might need one or more of the following before you can complete the following task(s):

An active PennKey account
An active Wharton account
An Alumni Forwarding Address
A personal Gmail account

From your Wharton Gmail Account

Option 1 - Set as Default through Gmail Settings

This procedure works best for students who want to use their Alumni Forwarding Address as their default/primary address but don't want to change their Wharton Gmail Account credentials.

Option 2 - Add as an Alias through Gmail Settings

Note: Your Alumni Forwarding Address should be added as an alias to your short address by default. If it is not, follow the directions below.

This procedure works best for students who want to send and receive as their Alumni Forwarding Address but want to keep their short address (username@wharton.upenn.edu) as their default/primary address.

From your Personal Gmail Account

Add as an Alias through Gmail Settings

This procedure works best for students who want to send and receive mail as their Alumni Forwarding Address from a personal gmail account but don't want their Wharton Gmail Account login credentials to change.

Two-Step (for Google@Wharton) is not Enabled:

If your Wharton Gmail is forwarding to your personal Gmail account, change your forwarding back to your Wharton account:
1. Navigate to the Forwarding Application
2. If prompted, login with your PennKey credentials
3. Click the Send to Wharton Google (Unforward) tab
4. Ensure your short address is selected as your default address
5. Click Update

Change your Wharton account security settings
1. Login to your Google@Wharton account and click your Profile icon on the top-right
2. Select My Account and then click Sign-in & Security
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and ensure Less Secure Apps is set to ON

Add your Alumni Forwarding Address as a send-as address in your Wharton Gmail account.
1. Login to your Wharton Gmail account
2. Click the Gear icon in the top-right corner and select Settings
3. Click the Accounts tab
4. Look in the Send mail as section, click Add another email address
5. If Name is blank, enter your Full Name
6. In Email address field, enter your Alumni Forwarding Address
7. Ensure the Treat as an alias box is checked
8. Click Send Verification
9. Check your Wharton Gmail inbox for the verification email
10. Copy the code from the verification email
11. Paste the code into the pop-up window and click Verify
12. In the Accounts tab of your Wharton Gmail Settings, click Make Default next to your Alumni Forwarding Address

Add your Alumni Forwarding address as a send-as address in your personal Gmail account.
1. Login to your Personal Gmail and click the Gear icon.
2. Choose Settings > Accounts tab.
3. In the Send mail as: section select Add Another Email Address
4. If the Name box is empty, enter your full name.
5. In the Email Address box, enter your Alumni Forwarding address
6. Make sure the Treat as Alias option is checked. Click Next Step.
7. Enter the Following information:
  - smtp.gmail.com
  - Wharton Gmail Address (PennkeyUsername@wharton.upenn.edu)
  - Wharton Email Password
  - Note: you must authenticate using the UserName@wharton.upenn.edu address
8. Click Add Account.
9. Look for a verification message from Gmail in your email account. The message should contain a confirmation link. Click that link and you will now be verified.
10. Go back to Gmail and you will see that your Alumni Forwarding address is now verified.
11. If you un-forwarded your Wharton email you can now go back into myWharton and change the forwarding back to Gmail.

Two-Step (for Google@Wharton) is Enabled (most students):

If your Wharton Gmail is forwarding to your personal Gmail account, change your forwarding back to your Wharton account:
1. Navigate to the Forwarding Application
2. If prompted, login with your PennKey credentials
3. Click the Send to Wharton Google (Unforward) tab
4. Ensure your short address is selected as your default address
5. Click Update

Generate an App Password
1. Login to your Google@Wharton Account
2. Click your profile icon in the top-right, and select My Account
3. Select Sign-in & Security
4. Find the section titled Passwords & Sign-in Method and select App Passwords
5. Sign-in with your Google@Wharton Account password
6. Confirm login via 2-Step Verification (Google Prompt by default)
7. Click the Select App drop-down list and choose Other
8. Type in a name for the App Password (can be whatever you want)
9. Copy & paste the App Password into a notepad/notes application

Add your Alumni Forwarding Address as a send-as address in your Wharton Gmail account.
1. Login to your Wharton Gmail account
2. Click the Gear icon in the top-right corner and select Settings
3. Click the Accounts tab
4. Look in the Send mail as section, click Add another email address
5. If Name is blank, enter your Full Name
6. In Email address field, enter your Alumni Forwarding Address
7. Ensure the Treat as an alias box is checked
8. Click Send Verification
9. Check your Wharton Gmail inbox for the verification email
10. Copy the code from the verification email
11. Paste the code into the pop-up window and click Verify
12. In the Accounts tab of your Wharton Gmail Settings, click Make Default next to your Alumni Forwarding Address

Add your Alumni Forwarding address as a send-as address in your personal Gmail account.
1. Login to your Personal Gmail and click the Gear icon.
2. Choose Settings > Accounts tab.
3. In the Send mail as: section select Add Another Email Address
4. If the Name box is empty, enter your full name.
5. In the Email Address box, enter your Alumni Forwarding address
6. Make sure the Treat as Alias option is checked. Click Next Step.
7. Enter the Following information:
  - smtp.gmail.com
  - Wharton Gmail Address (PennkeyUsername@wharton.upenn.edu)
  - Generated App Password from Step 2
  - Note: you must authenticate using the UserName@wharton.upenn.edu address
8. Click Add Account.
9. Look for a verification message from Gmail in your email account. The message should contain a confirmation link. Click that link and you will now be verified.
10. Go back to Gmail and you will see that your Alumni Forwarding address is now verified.
11. If you un-forwarded your Wharton email you can now go back into myWharton and change the forwarding back to Gmail.