Email service

Loughborough University provides all students and staff with a Microsoft Office 365 email account (mailbox quota of 50GB).

Staff and students are advised to use Outlook, the University’s supported email client when accessing University email. This includes the Outlook mobile application, Outlook desktop and Outlook on the web.

Email, Lists and Mailboxes

Outlook on Windows 11

Launching Outlook on Windows 11 for the first time.

Outlook for iPhone and Android

Setting up Outlook on a mobile device

Mailing lists

Distribution lists for School, Department, Programme, Module, and Hall

Email classification & MailTips

Quick-access reporting tools to manage junk and phishing mail, managing your quarantine messages, plus staying safe with enhanced MailTips!

Mail merge

How to send mail merge emails from a shared mailbox

Managing group membership

Add and Delete users to a group you have permission to modify

Mailbox Sharing features

Delegate full mailbox access to another person

Request a Shared Mailbox

A shared mailbox is a mailbox account that multiple users can use with a mailbox.lboro.ac.uk email domain

Calendar, Rooms and Resources

Outlook Calendar

Calendar display and navigation

Outlook calendar permissions

Setting permissions

Microsoft Bookings

A scheduling tool that can be used to manage appointment bookings

Booking Room & Resources

Schedule a Resource room or Outlook Workspace, or Dept Equipment, calendars and vehicles

Guidance

Best practice - sending mailshots

Dealing with inappropriate communication

Managing unwanted and malicious emails