ARCHIVED: Prepare your IU email accounts for an extended absence
On this page:
- Overview
- Delete unneeded files and email messages
- Opt out of the spam quarantine
- Change your passphrase
- Suspend IU List and other mailing list subscriptions
Overview
When you're away, if you have access to a computer or mobile device with an internet connection, you can easily continue to read your mail and maintain your IU accounts. The university uses your Indiana University email address for official communications, and you are expected to check your IU email consistently, even during the summer; see About IU's policy on official communications from the university to students.
However, if you plan to access your IU email only infrequently while away, consider the following precautions to ensure that your accounts remain secure and stable in your absence.
Delete unneeded files and email messages
Deleting unneeded files saves time and resources, and also frees up valuable disk space. You'll start with a cleaner slate when you return.
Opt out of the spam quarantine
The spam quarantine service analyzes all incoming mail to your IU Exchange account. Spam is quarantined in a Spam
or
Junk E-mail
folder for five days and then deleted. If you will not be able to monitor this folder and are concerned about losing legitimate email that is incorrectly identified as spam, you can opt out of the spam quarantine service; see ARCHIVED: Opt out of the IU spam quarantine service.
For tips on reducing the amount of spam you receive, see Avoid receiving spam.
Change your passphrase
To protect your account, in addition to changing your passphrase regularly, you should change it just before you leave for a longer absence. Be sure to pick a passphrase you'll remember upon your return. For help, see Change your IU passphrase.
Suspend IU List and other mailing list subscriptions
Messages from IU List and other subscription lists can fill your storage space and keep you from receiving other, more important, messages. To prevent this, you may wish to suspend these subscriptions while you're absent.
To temporarily suspend delivery to your address, see Suspend delivery for an IU List mailing list. For an outside mailing list, consult the help or welcome messages from that list to determine how to temporarily suspend delivery.
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