Office 365
UAB provides email for students, faculty and staff through Office 365, which means you get access to not only email but calendaring, contact management, task management functions and the Microsoft Office suite of applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, all by using your BlazerID and password. You can access this powerful suite of programs easily online or download to your devices.
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How do I access my UAB email?
Use a web browser and navigate to https://mail.uab.edu or use an email application such as Outlook for mobile device or desktop computer. Desktop apps can be installed from https://office365.ad.uab.edu.
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How long do I have access to my UAB email after I leave UAB in good standing?
- Students who leave UAB in good standing have access to their UAB email for one year from their departure date. At the end of one year, email forwarding must be set up for the former student. Learn more about Blazer 4 Life.
- Faculty and Staff who leave UAB in good standing have access to their UAB email for 90 days from their departure date. At the end of 90 days, email forwarding must be set up for the former faculty or staff. Learn more about Blazer 4 Life.
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After setting up email forwarding for my UAB email address, can I reply to a forwarded UAB email message?
When replying to an email message that was originally sent to your UAB address and forwarded to your personal email, the reply will come from your personal email address (e.g. Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc.) rather than your UAB email address.
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How large of a file can I attach to an email?
The maximum file size for email attachments is 20 MB (megabytes). Files larger than 20 MB should be shared via OneDrive, Teams, Box, or some other UAB-supported file sharing option. See Microsoft One Drive Support for instructions on sharing via OneDrive.
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What if I cannot log in to my UAB email account or I have forgotten my password?
Please go to https://idm.uab.edu/bid/faq for instructions on how to reset your BlazerID password or to get help with login issues.
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What guidelines and restrictions are there for UAB email?
Please review the email guidelines at this link.
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What do I do if I receive a suspicious email?
- You should follow the steps located at https://www.uab.edu/it/home/security/awareness to check and report the email.
- For reporting a suspicious email in Outlook, see: this link
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When should I encrypt an email?
- An email should be encrypted whenever you are working with sensitive information that needs additional security. For information security policies, please see: https://www.uab.edu/it/home/policies/data-classification/classification-rule
- To encrypt an email via Outlook, use the Encrypt button located under the Options menu of the specific email you are composing. See this Microsoft Office faq for instructions.
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What should I do with messages in Quarantine?
Messages in Quarantine should be reviewed and, if necessary, released if they should not be in Quarantine. You can access UAB's Email Quarantine at https://security.microsoft.com/quarantine. Be sure to log in with your UAB email address.
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How do I log into a Shared Mailbox?
See the new Knowledge Base article:
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Keeping BlazerID@uab.edu
UAB student grace period for use of your accounts ends up to one year after the last semester the student attended classes, if student left UAB in good standing. Your Office 365 account provides access to email, any documents or files you have stored in Office 365, and online Office applications. Learn more about this process here. Check our email guidelines for more information.