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There are two options for email at UT

UTmail - Is available to students, faculty and staff and is made available through Google.

Features

• Email account on the @utexas.edu domain.
• Unlimited storage, with none of the ads.
• Choose your own account name.
• Easy-to-use browser interface.
• Convenient syncing with mobile devices via app or browser.
• Information Security Office (ISO) approved Google Drive Integration with Canvas using your UTmail account.

Eligibility

Lifetime UTmail accounts are available to the below groups:

• Current and former students
• Alumni
• Retirees

Business UTmail accounts are available to current faculty and staff.

Note:  Faculty and staff qualify for a UTmail business account, but will be deactivated when employment with the university has ended.  University retirees are eligible to keep their account upon retirement.

Office 365 - Is available to UT faculty and staff and delivers Outlook with web access (OWA) and a 50GB mailbox quota.

Note:  Faculty and staff Office 365 accounts are created by ECE-IT.  Please stop by EER 2.804 or email help@ece.utexas.edu indicating your affiliation with ECE (e.g. new faculty or staff member)

Office 365 accounts are preferred over UTmail in the below cases:

• You require calendar or resource (rooms, etc.) sharing with colleagues on AEMS (Exchange).
• You require email encryption or digital signature.  It is encouraged to implement a digital signature.
• Your data is export controlled or subject to a Technology Control Plan, Non-Disclosure Agreement or Sensitive Data Control Plan.
• Your data is specifically protected by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA or Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA.
• Your data is specifically protected by a contract (e.g., NSF, NIH, DOE) and prohibits the use of 3rd party services such as Google's Gmail service.

Click Getting Started with Office 365 for assistance configuring your mail client