Students, Faculty and Staff: Email is the official means of communication from the University

Student email service is in the process of moving to CatMail, powered by Google Apps for Education. All new student email accounts created after October 30 are CatMail accounts; students on the University-hosted email system may opt in to the new service any time between November 2 and December 19. UITS will migrate the remaining student accounts December 20. Faculty and staff may opt in to CatMail to gain access to Google Apps, excluding Mail, and will continue to receive email in the University-hosted email system. Directions for opting in are available on the CatMail page.

Email is the official means of communication between the University administration and all students. You are required to have a University of Arizona email account (the address looks like username @ email.arizona.edu or username @ u.arizona.edu). You may have your email redirected (forwarded to an outside email provider), but having email redirected does not absolve you from the responsibilities associated with official communication sent to your @email.arizona.edu account. Important official email notices may be sent to students periodically, and it is your responsibility to monitor your UA email account for such messages. If you don't have your own computer, you may check for email messages by using computers at OSCR Computing Labs and elsewhere around campus. See the University's Official Student Email Policy.

All University employees are expected to have an email account on record, and are expected to check their email on a regular basis in order to stay current with University-related communications. You may have University email redirected (forwarded to an outside email provider), but having email redirected does not absolve you from the responsibilities associated with official communication sent to your @email.arizona.edu account. See the University's Employee Email Policy.

UA email accounts [username @ email.arizona.edu] are available free to all UA students, faculty, and staff.

The following information on this page refers to the University-hosted email system for faculty and staff. For information on CatMail hosted by Google, please visit the CatMail information page.

Each user is provided with 100 megabytes (MBs) of disk space. You can increase your disk space quota up to 250 megabytes (MBs) (see below).

• Create an Email Account
  How to set up a free UA email account.
  
  
• New! Email Forwarding Service for Alumni and Retirees
  A free service that allows alumni who graduated on or after 2007 to keep their UA email address indefinitely. This service is also available to retirees.
  
  
• Create an Email Alias
  Once you have created an email account you may choose an email alias to which you can forward your mail.
  
  
• WebMail
  WebMail is a web-based application that allows access to your email.arizona.edu mailbox using a standard web browser.
  
  
• Setup An Email Client
  As an alternative to WebMail, you can setup your own email client on your computer to check email from your UA email account. Examples of clients include Eudora and Outlook.
  
  
• Pine
  A tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic messages. Pine is accessed through a telnet session. No special software is required on your computer desktop.
  
  
• Listserv
  A type of electronic conference in which email messages from individual members of the group are forwarded to all other members simultaneously. Listserv groups are often used as areas where members can discuss a common interest.
  
  
• Email Disk Space Quota
  
  

• WebMail Help
  
  
• Spam, Scams & Viruses
  Information and tools to help you protect your email and computer.
  
  
• Harassing and Inappropriate E-mail
  Examples of inappropriate e-mail include, but are not limited to, SPAM, pyramid schemes, mass-mailings marketing one or more products or services for sale, and chain-letters. Harassing e-mail messages can be construed as messages that threaten or intimidate the recipient.
  
  
• Report Suspicious Email
  Make a report concerning email spam, scam, phishing or other suspicious email.
  
  
• Listserv Help