Note for Faculty and Staff: Information Services and the Information Security Office
strongly discourage the use of email forwarding by University of Oregon employees, especially by faculty. University employees are responsible for complying with local, state, and federal laws, including FERPA. Communication between faculty and students often contains sensitive information that is protected by FERPA, and that information should stay within the university’s official email services. (Policy:
Use of Email for Official and Mass Communications.).
Overview
This article describes how students can forward their email to external addresses. Please be sure to read all notes and warnings on this page.
Students using UOmail
Warning! Email providers such as Gmail, Yahoo, and many others no longer accept forwarded email. Most emails forwarded from UO to external email accounts are now rejected or deleted. If you choose to use a forward, you accept the risk of messages not being delivered.
To view or change your email forwarding:
- Go to uomail.uoregon.edu (UOmail).
- Log in with your email address and password.
- In the top right corner, click on the gear icon ⚙ (settings).
- Find and click Mail.
- Click on Forwarding in the navigation pane.
- Check the Enable forwarding box.
- Enter the full email address you want to forward to.
- Recommended: check Keep a copy of forwarded messages to keep a copy of the email in the UOmail system.
- Click the Save button at the top. Your changes are now saved and you can close the window.
- To disable, follow the same process as above but uncheck the Enable forwarding box and click the Save button.
Alumni email forwarding is being retired
If you still have access to UOmail, please see Students using UOmail above.
Alumni email forwarding is being retired. Last year, email providers such as Gmail, Yahoo, and others stopped accepting forwarded messages — so your forwarded UO email may not be reaching you. As a result, the UO is unable to continue the email forwarding service.
If you already have an alumni forward set up, it will stay in place until August 5, 2025. The forward will then be removed. We recommend taking action before August 5:
- Don’t lose your other accounts! If you used your UO email address as a contact or recovery address for other accounts — such as social media, banking, streaming services, etc. — please update those profiles with your personal email address.
- Tell your contacts. Ask people to contact you directly at your personal email address.
Additions or changes to alumni forwards can no longer be made.
If you have any questions, please submit a ticket.