--- title: How do I complete ECF setup? description: Learn how to complete this crucial step to ensure your case team receives real-time PDF2Go emails with case filings in federal court cases --- [Skip to content](https://support.pacerpro.com/how-do-i-complete-ecf-setup#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Contact us](https://support.pacerpro.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![robot@2x (1).svg\]](https://support.pacerpro.com/hubfs/robot@2x%20(1).svg) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Contact us](https://support.pacerpro.com/kb-tickets/new) - Go to pacerpro.com Go to pacerpro.com Hi! How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://support.pacerpro.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Setting Up My Account](https://support.pacerpro.com/setting-up-my-account?hsLang=en) # How do I complete ECF setup? ## Learn how to complete this crucial step to ensure your case team receives real-time PDF2Go emails with case filings in federal court cases *PacerPro delivers real-time PDF2Go emails with filed documents attached to entire case teams because we get added as a secondary recipient in participating attorneys' CM/ECF accounts in each court where they're admitted.* **This requires a one-time setup for each attorney in each court.** From that point on, PacerPro will be able to process documents in any case where that attorney files going forward. To get set up, you'll just need the following: 1. Your (or the attorney's) unique PacerPro email address --- it'll look something like jane-attorney-1234@ecf.pacerpro.com 2. Your (or the attorney's CM/ECF username and password for each federal court where they're admitted - If you're a case team member at a firm that uses PacerPro, contact your firm's PacerPro administrator or support@pacerpro.com for the attorney's PacerPro email address - If you're an individual accountholder, you can find your PacerPro address at your profile [here](https://app.pacerpro.com/accounts/edit). For district court, bankruptcy court, and JPML cases, find the CM/ECF website for the courts you'd like to set up for PacerPro - Use the attorney's credentials to log into the court website - Make sure to check off the redaction rules box before logging in - Look for the **Utilities** menu on the top of the screen - Select **Maintain Your Account **or **Maintain Your Email** - If you selected Maintain Your Account, you'll likely have to click another option to edit email information - Click **Add New Email Address** and paste in the attorney's PacerPro email - Some courts require you to re-enter email information - Click **Submit** (you may need to do this twice --- just keep hitting submit until you can't anymore) **Tip: You can find links to all of the CM/ECF sites via [PACER](https://pacer.uscourts.gov/file-case/court-cmecf-lookup)** Appellate court email addresses are managed through the [PACER Manage My Account](https://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/pscof/login.xhtml) site Once you've logged in: - Go to the **Maintenance** tab - Select **Display Email Noticing & Frequency** - Find and click the checkbox for the appellate court you'd like to update - Click **Load Email Noticing **for that court - In the box at the bottom of the screen, add the PacerPro email address as a secondary recipient, and copy the contents of that box into the second box to confirm - Submit changes **Some notes: ** - Only check off multiple appellate courts if all of the secondary recipients for each court should be the same -- the changes you make to any checked off court will apply to all - Do not check off any district or bankruptcy courts you see listed. 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