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This article provides important information to individuals who want to redirect or forward their Middlebury email to an alternate e-mail provider. However, note that forwarding and redirecting are strongly discouraged due to security issues and loss of functionality.
Important Considerations and Limitations
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E-mail distribution lists that have special permissions (such as class lists) do NOT work from external accounts. You must log on and use your Middlebury account to send messages to these lists.
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Mail that moves beyond your Middlebury mailbox is no longer accessible by our server staff. This means we cannot remove known phishing/malware messages for your protection, nor assist you with email recovery or investigation of other problems.
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Never forward multiple Middlebury accounts to the same external account.
Faculty and Staff
Faculty and staff should not forward their email to outside addresses as this creates security and privacy concerns.
Students
If you have reviewed the above limitations and understand the potential consequences, you can use Microsoft's instructions to forward or redirect your e-mail.
Note that you will most likely want to redirect your e-mail so that if you reply from the forwarded address, replies will go to the original sender. If you forward your e-mail, each e-mail will look like it came from your own Middlebury account.