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Location
1940 W. Taylor
Chicago, IL 60612
Hours
8:30-5:00
Phone/Fax
312-413-0003 (phone)
312-413-0003 (fax)
Email
LANS Helpdesk

Exchange Email Services

General Exchange Information

Exchange Email Service

ACCC is now offering email in the Microsoft Exchange 2003 environment. This premium service ensures a flawless integration with Outlook, thereby enhancing your management of calendar, email, contact, task, and note integration. The ACCC Exchange service has superior speed with large mailboxes and an up-to-date and functional web interface. Mobile computing is made easy with native support for Windows Mobile smart phones as well as the iPhone with 2.0 software (3G iPhones or older iPhones with version 2.0). Blackberry support is not currently offered with ACCC's Exchange Services.

To request an ACCC Exchange mailbox, please inform your unit's REACH contact person and request they fill out the Exchange Request Form. For additional information, please feel free to contact us at lan@uic.edu.

General Information

UIC faculty/staff who have a valid netid can request an ACCC Exchange account. The cost breakdown for each Exchange mailbox is as follows:

  • Exchange with a 300 MB mailbox is $ 15.00 monthly
  • Exchange with a 1000 MB mailbox is $ 21.00 monthly

**Special pricing for bulk exchange mailbox subscription. Please send email to lan@uic.edu for more information.

Features offered as part of this Exchange Mail service:

  • Access to mailbox via Outlook/Entourage (MAPI), Windows Mobile Devices, Apple iPhones, and Outlook Web Access (OWA)
  • Authentication based on established campus Active Directory (AD)
  • Exchange mail account password integration with ACCC common password and a secure online password changing utility
  • Access to a calendar with the ability to propose meetings with other faculty and staff
  • Access can be granted to other faculty/staff calendars within the Exchange environment
  • Departmental Group Calendars for conference rooms
  • Online directory of all campus users, groups, and lists
  • Individual task lists, journals, contacts
  • Virus & Spam protection on messages and attachments
  • Two-week retention of deleted items in individual mailboxes

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