17 December 2024

As a Leiden University student you will receive an uMailadres and your own personal mailbox, in which you can sign in with your ULCN log-in details. All university e-mail communication is conducted through uMail.

Auto forwarding is a function that forwards incomming e-mails automatically to another e-mailadress. If your university e-mail is not configured on your smartphone or laptop, forwarding ensures that you do not have to miss these e-mails. This ensures you will not miss important messages, such as updates on deadlines, schedule changes, or announcements from lecturers

Configuring e-mail forwarding

Students can forward their uMail to any any e-mail adress that they wish. You can forward your uMail as follows:

1. Sign in at the Leiden University Office 365 registration page. Use your  university Microsoft account: <ULCNstudentnumber>@vuw.leidenuniv.nl and your usual ULCN-password. Your uMail will be displayed in Outlook.
2. In Outlook, click the cog-wheel (settings) in the top right of the menu bar.
3. Type 'Forwarding' in the Search field.
4. Click the search result Forwarding to open the page for entering your forward address.
5. Check the Enable forwarding box, enter your forward address and leave the box Keep a copy of forwarded messages unchecked.
6. Confirm with [Save] and close the forward address page. From now on, your uMail will be forwarded to the address that you just entered

For more information and other questions, please visit Leiden University's helpdesk portal.