@GOV.IN E-Mail Account New User Registration

Organization : Government of India
Service Name : @GOV.IN E-Mail Account New User Registration
Applicable For : Government Employee (Central Or State)

Website : mail [dot] gov [dot] in
Application For Single User : https://www.statusin.in/uploads/18673-SForm.pdf
Application For Bulk User :  https://www.statusin.in/uploads/18673-BForm.pdf

@GOV.IN New User Registration :

** If you are a government employee (central or state) you can take a @Gov.in id. This id will be assigned to you at no cost.

Related : Biometric Attendance System Employee Registration : www.statusin.in/850.html

** Individuals can fill up the single user form. State/Ministries/Departments can fill out the bulk user form if they wish to get multiple number of user’s under their domain. Application form should be complete in all respect.
** Submit the filled application form to your respective NIC Coordinator in the NIC cell in your respective State/Ministry/Department.
** If you have a website of your respective department and wish to get the id’s created as userid@(website name) , the same can be assigned to you.
** Accounts will be created as per the availability of the preferred Email ID. In case the preferred Email id is not available, NIC will assign the id as per the Email address policy .
** The credentials will be sent to registered mobile number of the user.
** When the user logins for the first time, an update “profile page” will be shown. Users are requested to kindly fill the same.
** User will be required to change the password on the first login . Please follow the password policy due to security reasons.

E-Mail Terms & Conditions:

1. Users are requested to keep the given userid and password a secret.
2. Please c hange your password at least once in every three months.

3. By not doing so (point no. 1 & 2 above) the account may be compromised by hackers and the hacker can use the same account for sending spurious mails on the accounts behalf. NIC is neither responsible nor accountable for this type of misuse of the compromised mail accounts. Gross misuse might be detected by automated monitoring tools, which in turn will automatically deactivate the account.

4. Do not open any attachments unless, it has come from a known source. In fact delete those mails which are not relevant to you and still you have received them. They might contain a virus that will corrupt your computer.
5. Users are requested to install the personal firewall software to secure their machine and e-mail traffic.
6. Users are requested to install the Antivirus software with latest pattern update periodically and OS patches in their system.
7. If using Outlook, Outlook Express, Mozilla Firefox on Microsoft WINDOWS, please apply the appropriate patches announced by the Microsoft/ Mozilla from time to time.
8. NIC is not responsible for the contents that are being sent as part of the mail. The views expressed are solely that of the originator.

9. NIC e-Mail Service is provided over secure channels only. WEB interface can be accessed over HTTPs(port 443), POP service is over POP3s(port 995),IMAP service is over IMAPs(port 993) and SMTP service is over SMTPs(port 465). Users are required to suitably modify the client software settings to use the services.Please check the FAQ at: mail.nic.in/docs/POP.pdf

10. By default accounts will be given access over WEB only mail [dot] gov [dot] in. If user wants access over POP/IMAP, he/she has to send the request for the same to support@gov.in. For security reasons either POP or IMAP will be allowed. NIC recommends use of IMAP.

11. NIC will take all possible measures to prevent data loss, however, due to unforeseen technical issues, if the same happens, NIC cannot be held responsible.
12. User is responsible for his/her data. In case he/she accidentally deletes data, he/she will not ask NIC to restore it.

13. Individuals are responsible for saving email messages as they deem appropriate. Messages will be automatically purged from folders as follows:
Trash – 7 days
ProbablySpam – 7 days
14. NIC account will be deactivated, if not used for 90 days.
15. Email id will be deleted after a period of 9 months from the date of deactivation if no request for activation is received.

Contact:
For any query/assistance call us on 1800-111-555.