While email forwarding is currently allowed, it is not a recommended practice. Information Technology will not support users with issues surrounding automatic forwarding of email.
For more email best practices, refer to the document Email etiquette.
Outlook
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Advantages
Outlook provides a storage memory of 50 GB.
| What | How |
|---|---|
| 50 Gig | Quota for email per account for alumni, retirees and a few employee groups |
| 100 Gig | Quota for email per account for active students and some employees groups |
| 30 days | Maximum retention period for backup of items deleted from the Deleted Items folder |
| 25 MB | Maximum attachment size |
| 500 recipients per hour | Maximum number of recipients you can email per hour for external recipients. Same is applicable for 500 internal recipients per hour. |
| 1,000 recipients/day | Daily maximum number of people you can email per account |
Note: distribution lists started in the organization’s address book count as one recipient; those in personal contacts folders are counted individually, Those with a business need email many recipients (e.g. newsletters), should use third-party providers.
