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This article compares two accounts available from the Division of IT (DoIT): Virginia Tech Google Auxiliary Email (GAE) account and Virginia Tech Shared Mailbox (Personal Access for Collaborative Email (PACE)) account.
GAE and Shared Mailbox (PACE) accounts represent different ways to have access to a single email inbox or account. It is important to understand the similarities and differences between these accounts in order to decide which solution best matches your specific use case.
Service | GAE | Shared Mailbox (PACE Exchange Resource Account) | Shared Mailbox (PACE Google Group) |
Description | GAE accounts are Virginia Tech Google Workspace for Education @vt.edu accounts that are linked to a specific person's PID and are accessed via that person's credentials. Access to the account's Gmail mailbox can be delegated to other vt.edu Google users. | This PACE account is a @vt.edu address backed by an Exchange Resource Account. Access to the account is provided by membership to the corresponding Organizational Unit (OU). | This PACE account is a @vt.edu address backed by a Google Group. Access to the account is provided by membership to the corresponding Google Group. Requesting a PACE account does not automatically create the corresponding Google group. |
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