Mail
The
Department of Computer Science uses the campus-wide
mail service based on
Microsoft Exchange provided by
IT Services of ETH Zurich.
isginf provides first-level support for the service to
D-INFK members.
If you are a
BSc or MSc student then your mail is in
Exchange Online and the information below does not apply to you.
Instead use the instructions for client setup
here and access to web mail
here.
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 and
ETH password for email.
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
Exchange Online
ETH Exchange
Mail Archive
All mails older than 30 days that have not been deleted are copied to mailarchive.ethz.ch. We recommend to use this service only for backup purposes.
Mail Client Configuration
Setup instructions for various mail clients can be found in IT Services
IT Knowledge Base.
Instructions for
Exchange Online
Instrustions for
ETH Mailbox
Documentation
The full documentation and instructions provided by
ITS is
here.
Links