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.
This article contains instructions for:
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
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.
At this time, email forwarding is available to UO alumni who have been awarded a degree in Fall 2017 or later.
The following degree types are eligible: Baccalaureate (Bachelor's) Degree, Law Degree, Graduate Certificate, Master's Degree, Doctoral Degree
Alumni forwarding will become available after your access to UOmail ends. If you still have access to UOmail, please see the instructions above.
To request an update to your forwarding, please submit a ticket.
Tips for Alumni
- Although you can set up an email forward if eligible, existing email is only stored for a limited time. If you want to keep anything that is stored in your UOmail inbox, you must save it before you lose access. See access timelines for more information.
- Please review your account recovery information to make sure it is up to date in case you forget your password.