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Alumni Forwarding Service

Alumni Forwarding Service

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Last updated: Jun 24, 2025 by Josh Boggis

UConn offers an optional forwarding service to alumni that lets them point their @uconn.edu email address to a personal, non-UConn email account. Email sent to their @uconn.edu address will then be automatically forwarded to the designated mailbox.

Eligible alumni are emailed an activation code that is necessary to set up the forward.

Your forwarding service will expire after one year. To retain your email forward, you must renew it annually at alumniforwarding.its.uconn.edu. ITS will send you reminders before it expires.

Caution: AFS can potentially get blocked

Some external email systems (e.g., Google, Yahoo) may block forwarded messages because they may be marked as spam. Also, many email providers block their messages from being forwarded by forwarding services. These security practices are in place to protect you, but they also impact the delivery of messages forwarded by AFS. ITS cannot control how external systems are set up.

Therefore, you should update the email address on file for external accounts, like financial institutions, LinkedIn, Spotify, etc., to a personal account that you will actively check and maintain. We also recommend you whitelist your email from UConn.

Who can use the Alumni Forwarding Service (AFS)

Affiliation

Can use AFS

Affiliation

Can use AFS

Students who graduate after January 20241

Yes

Alumni who graduated before February 20241

Yes

Faculty who left before February 20241

Yes

Staff (incl. Special Payroll2) who left before February 20241

Yes

Teaching/Graduate Assistants working after January 2024

Yes

Graduate Students working after January 2024

Yes

Students while they are enrolled

No

Currently Employed Faculty, Staff (incl. Special Payroll2), Affiliates

No

Current affiliate of UCHC (Staff, Faculty, Student)3

No

Faculty, Staff (incl. Special Payroll2), Affiliates who leave after January 2024. Please see note below4

No

Non-degree and ECE Students

No

If you are a current student, faculty, staff, etc., visit Outlook to view your active email inbox.

1If you are later employed by the university after graduation, you will become ineligible for AFS.

2Special Payroll includes Gratis appointments.

3Current UCHC members have their @uconn.edu address forwarding to their @uchc.edu email account. They cannot enroll in AFS at this time.

4This category trumps all others. If you fit into this row in the table, you are forever ineligible for AFS. Once you are employed or associated with the university in a non-student relationship, you have the potential to receive confidential information. People who send you this information may not be informed when your association terminates and therefore may continue to send you confidential information. For this reason, you may not keep your UConn email address once you leave the university.

How to set up, change, or stop AFS

You will not receive an activation code until the Registrars Office has completed your graduation paperwork.

  1. Navigate to alumniforwarding.its.uconn.edu

  2. Under the “Set up a new forwarding address” field, enter the activation code you received via email from ITServices@uconn.edu.

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  3. You will be redirected to a new page to configure your forward. Confirm that the displayed @uconn.edu is correct and enter the personal email address where you would like your mail forwarded to and Submit.

  4. You will be redirected to a verification page. You will need to log in to the destination email inbox you selected to retrieve the verification code and complete the forward setup process.

    Email verification example

  5. You will be automatically redirected to the Forward Management page where you can see the configuration of your forward and the current status.
    Note: Please allow up to 24 hours for changes to take effect.

 

Managing your existing forward

  1. Navigate to alumniforwarding.its.uconn.edu

  2. Under the “Manage or remove an existing forward” field, enter the destination address that your mail is currently being forwarded to and select Manage.

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  3. An authorization code will be sent to the destination address. Check your inbox for the code and enter it in the authorization field and submit to continue.

    Verify email page

  4. Once you’ve authenticated, you will be redirected to the Forward Management portal. Here you can see the status of your forward, renew the forward for 1 year, change the destination address for your email forward, or delete the email forward.

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