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From 29 January 29, 2024 at 315:00 p.m., e-mails , emails can no longer be forwarded to a non-university e-mail email address, and all previous forwards current forwarding will be stoppedcancelled. 

Email forwarding involves a high risk of

email fraud, data leakage or

breach of data protection requirements

. Forwarded emails also make it more difficult to identify fraudulent emails,

as the email is

likely to be replied to from a non-university email address, and the user

will not be able to see any additional sender information

on the non-university email server

in the ut.ee emails. A user who forwards an email received at a university address to an external address

may also be in breach of data protection requirements,

as information intended for the university

can end up in the possession of third

persons.  

Furthermore, Google will update its anti-spam

policy as of 1 February 2024 and set new limits on the number of incoming

emails. The

number of emails

forwarded from the university’s email addresses to Gmail will significantly

exceed the new limits. According to the

Information Technology Office, this would lead to more frequent cases where the forwarded emails do not reach the non-university

mailbox, and the user does not receive

them.

University It concerns UT users who have forwarded their @ ut.ee mailbox to a non-university e-mail email address. According to the information technology departmentInformation Technology Office, there were 13,564 of them as of such users at the end of October.

The user can stop forwarding e-mails himself Users may cancel email forwarding themselves or wait until 29 January 29, 2024, when the information technology department will stop forwarding for all UT user accounts. See instructions the Information Technology Office turns off the forwarding. Read the guides at the top of the page on to find out how to stop turn off email forwarding.

A user Users who has have not forwarded their email address does do not need have to do anything. If desired, people Those using different e-mail email addresses can connect merge their mailboxes to the e-mail reading application both on a computer and on a smart device in order to read their e-mails. You can find the links to the instructions in an email app to read emails on their computer or smart device, if they wish. Find the link to the guide at the top of the page.

The University of Tartu uses the cloud-based Microsoft Online Exchange service as an e-mail its email solution. The university e-mail University email can be read on the website https://kiri.ut.ee or https://mail365.ut.ee, and it can also be done with as well as in all the most common e-mail widely used email applications on Windows, Apple and Linux computers as well as on and in smart devices with running on Apple and Android software.