How to setup an account recovery email address

Don't have a recovery email on your UMBC account? 

Follow these steps to set up your recovery email. Please use an email address that is not your UMBC email.

1. Login to your myUMBC account: http://my.umbc.edu/account

2. Go to https://webadmin.umbc.edu/admin//Security/Setup/View

3. Click Account security setup

4. At the top of the page, enter your alternate email address

5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Update my security settings

Don’t have a secondary email address?

Create one with Google or Yahoo. Instructions can be found here: 

https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867956

If you have any questions or concerns email us: security@umbc.edu_________________________________________________________________________

Receive any suspicious emails?

Forward it to security@umbc.edu along with the email headers. Instructions for displaying the headers (you normally don't see them) so can be found at the UMBC support wiki: https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970.

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