Bard uses Gmail as our email platform.
General Email FAQs
For more information about managing your email using Gmail, follow the link below.
All password changes can be performed by going to the email password change tool. If you do not know your current password, please call the Helpdesk at 845-758-7500 with your Bard ID number handy so they can reset it. To log in to your email, access e-mail forwarding, vacation messages, and quotas, go to Bard Gmail.
The following settings can be used to configure many mobile devices.
Android: use Gmail application
The following settings can be used to configure many mobile devices.
iDevices: use Google option
Phishing attempts are emails maliciously sent under the guise of a trusted source, such as Bard IT, that requests you to enter your account information into a mock-up version of one of our sites or utilities. As we will never request your password, any emails of this nature, should be considered suspicious and if you are ever uncertain, you should contact helpdesk@bard.edu. If you think your account has been compromised:
You can create an automatic respond message in Bard Gmail that will be sent to anyone who emails you during a specific time period.
By default students are provided 50GB of storage space in their Google Drive and Faculty/Staff are provided with 100GB. We encourage all of our users to use the provided storage space sensibly which may mean periodically reviewing their drive to remove any documents or files that are no longer needed. However we also recognize that some individuals may require additional storage space. If you reach your storage limit and require additional space please reach out to the helpdesk via email at helpdesk@bard.edu.