Get your.name@alumni.utoronto.ca for free and enjoy:

• 7+ GB of e-mail storage
• Easy access from any computer anywhere:
• From any computer using the user-friendly web interface
• From your home computer using a desktop client (e.g. Microsoft
• Outlook)
• From your cell phone or PDA
• Instant messaging with Google Talk
• Excellent spam filtering
• 20 MB attachment limit

• Work from anywhere with Google Documents
• Stay organized with Google Calendar
• Personalize your start page with news feeds and widgets
• Create filters, automatic message forwarding and subfolders to manage your mail
• Integrate with existing GMail accounts

Currently over 7GB of storage, accessible anywhere	Choose from a variety of visual themes	Includes other Google Services, such as Google Docs and Calendar
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Some other things you should know:

Alumni Affairs has taken advantage of Google's Apps for Education in order to offer this service. In many ways, an alumni e-mail account is similar to an ordinary Gmail account, with two key differences:

1. No advertising!
2. Instead of having your address end in @gmail.com, you'll have @alumni.utoronto.ca.

This is an opt-in service to alumni who wish to retain a university e-mail connection. Over 2,000 graduates are already using it regularly. Your e-mail will be stored on Google-owned servers, and kept private from the University of Toronto and Google. Your inbox can be accessed by you either from a desktop e-mail client like Outlook, or via Google's webmail service from any internet-enabled computer, or from your mobile device, such as an iPhone or BlackBerry.

What do I do with my old @utoronto.ca account?

All alumni are asked upon graduation to set up their old student address as a forwarding address. The department responsible for maintaining the University's e-mail servers (Computing & Networking Services) is asking alumni who are still actively using their utoronto address to switch it to forwarding instead. Where you decide to forward your @utoronto.ca address is up to you, but forwarding it to your alumni e-mail account will ensure that no mail is lost in the shuffle.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Is this e-mail "for life?"

2. So should I still forward my UTORmail (student) address?

3. I already have a Gmail account, so how does this help me?

4. My forwarded e-mail has been showing up later and later. Can this help me?

5. When I forwarded my UTORmail account before, the account I forwarded it to got flooded with spam. Can this help me?

6. Can I use this new service to recover my old student mail messages before I forward or close that account?

7. Can my "@alumni.utoronto.ca" account be forwarded to another account?

8. How many alumni have received an alumni email address?

9. Can anyone at the university read my e-mail?

10. I don't like the start page. Is there a shortcut that takes me straight to my inbox?

11.If I'm a graduate and also a returning student/staff member/faculty member, can I keep this address as well as my @utoronto.ca address?

12. I don't like Google's policy on advertisements.

13. I'm having trouble figuring out the account settings for POP/IMAP access from Outlook Express/Thunderbird.

14. What personal information is being shared with Google?

15. Where is my e-mail physically located?

16. I want to use my alumni email on a mobile device (Blackberry, etc.)

17. If I request a different @alumni.utoronto.ca address than I had before,what happens to the old one?

I have other questions. Are there other places to look for help?

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