DCC email account offers SMTP, POP,
IMAP, and Webmail access. Individual emails
including attachments can be up to 5 MB in size. And
DCC mail server can store your mailbox up to a
maximum quota of 50 MB size. If your email
quota is exceeded you are notified via automated
email alerts. And in extreme cases when its size
exceeds to the extent that it effect the server
performance for all users, your mailbox will be
automatically archived to you Unix home directory
and you will be sent an automated alert email with a
web link with which you can access that moved
mailbox via a Web Browser. Kindly note that Unix
quota is flexible and starts with a default of
200 MB for faculty and staff and 100 MB
for students.
Email Policy for Stale Accounts
DCC faculty and staff leaving for good has to ensure
that before leaving DCC they should make
arrangements for alternate email communications as
the DCC email account will be deactivated after
their file becomes inactive in HR database. However
they can request for forwarding their emails to
there external account for a period of two months
from the date of their departure. For further
clarification or special request send an email to
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