All students have an official TAFE email address, your.username@tafensw.net.au that you can access as soon as you receive your TAFE username and password.
You may choose to use this email address while you are at TAFE, or redirect your TAFE email to another preferred email address (eg: yahoo, gmail or a workplace email address). Here’s how ….
How to access your email
1. Login to the TAFE NSW Student Portal http://student.det.nsw.edu.au or select the Learner Portal from the dropdown list on the top right corner of the Hunter TAFE website www.hunter.tafensw.edu.au.
Login with your TAFE username and password.
2. Choose Agree to Continue.
3. To access your email, click on the Email link in the top right.
How to redirect your email
4. Click the gear icon in the upper right and select Settings from the drop down list.
5. Click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Then click on Add a forwarding address.
6. A prompt box will pop up. Type in your preferred email address and click Next.
7. Check that you have typed your email address correctly.
- If your email address is incorrect, choose Cancel to return to previous screen.
- If your email address is correct, choose Proceed.
8. For your security, a confirmation code will be sent to your preferred email account. Select OK.
9. Open your preferred email account and find the confirmation message from the TAFE NSW Team.
10. Copy or write down the confirmation code.
11. Return to your DEC email account and the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab in Settings.
12. Enter the code and click on Verify.
13. Select the “Forward a copy of incoming mail to…” that now appears. Ensure your preferred email address appears in the drop down menu.
14. Select the action you’d like your messages to take from the next drop down menu. Eg. Keep TAFE NSW Mail’s copy in the Inbox.
15. Scroll down and click on Save Changes.
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