Scope of functions
- Management of e-mails, calendar and contacts
- Webmail access
- Alternative access to e-mail through e-mail clients
- Groupware functions (e.g. shared calendars)
- Global Address Book of the Stuttgart University
- 1 or 5 GB storage capacity
- Protection against viruses through the central Mailrelay-Dienst
Frequently asked questions
I use an e-mail service and, despite an Internet connection, I can neither send nor receive e-mails.
In rare cases, the sending/receiving of e-mails via your university e-mail address is blocked by your Internet provider. You can solve this problem with a VPN to the university network or, independent of your e-mail software, you can send e-mails from the web interface of your browser.
The storage space for students is 1 GB.
The storage space for employees is 5 GB and can be increased upon informal request to the support by the representative of the institution/institute.
Der Speicherplatz für Studierende beträgt 1 GB.
Der Speicherplatz für Beschäftigte beträgt 5 GB und kann auf formlosen Antrag des Einrichtungs-/ Institutsbeauftragten an den Support vergrößert werden.
You can use the following interfaces for a mail client:
| Webmail | https://mail.uni-stuttgart.de/owa | 443 | SSL |
| IMAP | imap.uni-stuttgart.de | 993 | SSL |
| POP3 | pop3.uni-stuttgart.de | 995 | SSL |
| SMTP | smtp.uni-stuttgart.de | 587 | STARTTLS |
| ActiveSync | activesync.uni-stuttgart.de | 443 | SSL |
| Exchange Web Services (EWS) | https://mail.uni-stuttgart.de/ews/exchange.asmx | 443 | SSL |
Yes. All mails are checked centrally for spam and viruses. Nevertheless, security is not guaranteed. In case of problems with spam and phishing e-mails you can actively support the TIK by sending the mail header to the support. For further information please refer to the documentations.
A mail may be 20 MB in total. If you want to send larger files, you can also use the file transfer service F*EX.