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Alumni email inbox
As an alum of Aalto University, you can activate the email inbox and address [email protected]. On this page you will find instructions for setting up the alumni email.
The alumni mailbox is a service provided by Aalto University. It is produced and managed as a Microsoft cloud services, and the user data is stored in Microsoft's Azure Active Directory. The size of the alumni mailbox is 50 GB.
The alumni email is intended only for Aalto University alumni, i.e. graduates of Aalto or its predecessor universities, former exchange students and Aalto University Executive Education alumni.
Please note that the alumni email is a separate email system from the aalto.fi email aimed at students or staff. We do not recommend redirecting your email from the aalto.fi address, as it expires 2 months after graduation.
This is how to activate your alumni email
- Activate your email inbox in the contact information form. Your alumni email address (first name.last name) will be generated automatically. You'll receive two emails: one with instructions to your inbox and another one with a password. Did not receive the emails? Please check the junk emails.
- Open portal.office.com on your web browser.
- Please read the terms of use at www.microsoft.com/en-US/servicesagreement. Section 4b is the relevant one regarding your new inbox.
- Enter your own Aalto alumni email address (ending with @alumni.aalto.fi) sent to you in a separate email.
- Enter the password you received in a separate email. Note! You have received two separate emails.
- Follow the instructions on screen.
- Open your inbox at Outlook apps.
- You’re all set!
Should there be any unclarity or questions related to your alumni email, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at [email protected]. Before that, please check out the frequently asked questions.
Frequently asked questions about Alumni email and inbox
Your alumni email is not the same as the [email protected] which expires 2 months after your graduation or in the end of your work contract. After that you have no access and emails to aalto.fi that are not forwarded to the alumni email.
The email address is [email protected]. The name is generated automatically from the name in the study registry. It can be changed only if the name has changed (no nicknames). In case you want to change the name in the email, please contact [email protected].
Please check your junk emails. If you do not find the emails, follow these steps:
- Go to the address portal.office.com
- Read at the right lower corner of the Microsoft sign in page or here the terms of use www.microsoft.com/en-US/servicesagreement. The use of the email inbox is at the section 4b.
- Write the @alumni.aalto.fi email you received by the email.
- Write the password you received by email and set your own. Please note that you received two separate emails.
- Follow the instructions on the screen.
- Take the Outlook application in use and your inbox is ready.
- Go to the address portal.office.com
- Choose your alumni email if you have many, choose Outlook.
- Click ”Forgot my password”.
- Follow the instructions and set the new password.
- Confirm via the link you received in your email.
You can do the forwarding of the emails in the alumni email inbox as follows:
- Forwarding can be done in your inbox at portal.office.com
- Choose your alumni email if you have many emails in outlook.
- Choose Outlook among apps.
- Click Settings (the cogwheel in the upper right corner), search Forwarding (or click View all Outlook settings – Email – Forwarding).
- Choose ’Enable forwarding'. Write email address where you want the emails to be forwarded.
If your browser does not support alumni email, try to see if you can change it to the IMAP protocol. Microsoft no longer supports the old POP3 protocol.
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