UCAR provides Gmail accounts for staff, postdocs, and long term collaborators that are on site. If you are visiting from another institution, we prefer that you use your e-mail account from your home institution.
Your email will be username@ucar.edu and you can access your inbox at gmail.com from whichever browser you prefer, no VPN required! For other ways to access your email, please see the table of contents below.
UCAR has setup an internal help site for all things Google Apps. Quick starts, training videos and FAQs are all available here:
Google Apps Support Site
You may also use an application for accessing your email account, such as Apple Mail, Windows Mail, Thunderbird, etc.
Other Topics:
Setting a Out of Office or Vacation Reply: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/25922
Creating labels to organize Gmail: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/118708
Gmail Archives: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6576
Add custom spam filters to Gmail: https://support.google.com/a/answer/2368132
Avoid and report phishing emails: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8253
If you need further assistance accessing your email, please email help@ucar.edu from whatever account you can use.