Email and Email Forwarding Transition Breakdown
Due to increasing security risks and costs, The University of California, Davis is retiring its Email for Life and Email Forwarding for Life services for former students, staff, and other former affiliates.
Current and former faculty and UC Davis Health employees are not impacted by this change.
Below, is a breakdown of these changes, separated by demographic. Choose the one that best describes your relationship with UC Davis.
Undergraduate Student Email Transition
- Departing Undergraduate Students
- Students graduating or separating in Fall 2023 or Winter 2024 will have their @ucdavis.edu email convert to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email address on July 1, 2024. Undergraduates will have access to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email account for one year after graduation or separation. Accounts will have a 20GB storage limit.
Consult the student email transition chart for a deeper look at the difference between @ucdavis.edu and @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu accounts.
Temporary Affiliate Form (TAF) process available for extensions. Exceptions apply. - Former Undergraduate Students
- Former undergraduates must to enable Duo and, if applicable, adjust storage to below 20GB by March 15, 2024, to have their @ucdavis.edu email convert to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu on April 15, 2024. They will have access to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email account for one year (expires April 2025).
Accounts will have a 20GB storage limit.
Consult the student email transition chart for a deeper look at the difference between @ucdavis.edu and @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu accounts.
Temporary Affiliate Form (TAF) process available for extensions. Exceptions apply.
Former students who do not meet the requirements to qualify for the former students email service will be notified via email of when their account will close. Once their UC Davis email account closes, any messages sent to that account will bounce back and the sender will be notified that their message is not deliverable.
Graduate Student Email Transition
- Departing Graduate Students
- Students graduating or separating in Fall 2023 or Winter 2024 will have their @ucdavis.edu email convert to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu email address on July 1, 2024. Accounts will be active for two years after graduation. Graduate students may opt-in for a third year. Accounts will have a 20GB storage limit.
Consult the student email transition chart for a deeper look at the difference between @ucdavis.edu and @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu accounts.
Temporary Affiliate Form (TAF) process available for extensions. Exceptions apply. - Former Graduate Students
- Graduate students must to enable Duo and, if applicable, adjust storage to below 20GB by March 15, 2024, in order for their @ucdavis.edu email address to be converted to a @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu address on April 15, 2024. Accounts will remain active for two years (expires April 2026). Graduate students may opt-in for a third year (expires April 2027). Accounts will have a 20GB storage limit.
Consult the student email transition chart for a deeper look at the difference between @ucdavis.edu and @formerstudents.ucdavis.edu accounts.
Temporary Affiliate Form (TAF) process available for extensions. Exceptions apply.
Former students who do not meet the requirements to qualify for the former students email service will be notified via email of when their account will close. Once their UC Davis email account closes, any messages sent to that account will bounce back and the sender will be notified that their message is not deliverable.