University Systems service catalogue

Email and calendar

Role-based email address

Role-based email accounts are UVic email addresses that can represent a group, role, department, or program. These addresses are ideal for managing email in a shared-access or group environment, where group-members may change over time. Each role-based email account will receive an @uvic.ca email address that is not limited to 8-characters in length. For example, a role-based email account may take the form department.name@uvic.ca.

Each role based email account is an Exchange email and calendaring account and can be used and accessed using the methods available to email and calendaring for faculty and staff. Each account can be accessed by a number of different users, each using their own NetLink ID and password; these accounts are specified when creating a role based email account.

Who can use this service?

Departments
Faculty
Staff
Researchers

How do I access this service?

Due to technical difficulties, role-based email accounts will not be available on June 24, 2013. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The new date that role-based email accounts will be available will be communicated via this web page, the department secretary email list, email to technical support staff, My page announcement, and the Systems Notices & Bulletins page.

Role based email accounts are accessed using the same methods available to email and calendaring for faculty and staff. Note that the username and password required to access a role based email account is your own NetLink ID and password.

What is the cost for this service?

This service is provided free of charge.

When is this service available?

This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. You can be informed of service interruptions by subscribing to Informed.