Mail
The
Department of Computer Science uses the campus-wide
mail service based on
Microsoft Exchange Online provided by
IT Services of ETH Zurich.
isginf provides first-level support for the service to
D-INFK members.
Mail Account
A
mail account is required to both read and send mail. Your personal mail account is part of your
ETH user account.
Access to the mail service
always requires authentication using your
ETH user name,
ETH password for email and
ETH MFA code.
Mail addresses policy
The following policy applies for mail addresses at
D-INFK:
- Professors, doctoral students, technical and administrative staff
-
firstname.lastname@inf.ethz.ch and login@inf.ethz.ch
- Students
-
login@student.ethz.ch
- Guest and all others
-
login@inf.ethz.ch
New user accounts are automatically set up according to the above policy.
Web Interface
Mail can be easily read and composed with any modern web browser using the web interface located at
Mail Client Configuration
Setup instructions for various mail clients can be found in IT Services
IT Knowledge Base.
Quota
All mailboxes have a mail quota, a limitation of the mailbox total size. You current quota and usage can be checked using
these instructions.
Employees of ETH have a
50GB quota, all others, including students have
5GB.
Mail Size and Other Limits
Maximum message size depends on the client and is documented by Microsoft
here.
A single user cannot send more than 10000 mails per day.
Documentation
The full documentation and instructions provided by
ITS is
here.
Links
