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Your address will look like:
your.choice@pidgeme.com

As well as being a useful continuation of your University identity and an easy way to keep in touch with your peers, the address will also come in very useful in the next phase of your life:

"A recent survey of HR managers by Yahoo! found that 51 per cent would be put off by a candidate who had a "wacky" e-mail address. Although a university e-mail account is perfectly acceptable, it may cause you problems on graduation, when the address expires."
The Independent
Your PidgeMe account will never expire.

Account Options

You have the option of various accounts to suit your needs.

You will receive 3 months' free trial at the enhanced-level service.

A Quality Service

PidgeMe differentiates itself from the many public/free email services on the web by offering a higher quality email experience, uncluttered with distracting advertising and fully supported by a properly manned helpdesk.

Being a trusted, university provided service, you can be 100% sure that your privacy will always be completely respected, resulting in a noticeable absence of spam (provided of course you keep your address private yourself). Even if the address does get on the odd marketing list, our dedicated and user-configurable spam firewall captures the majority of junk.

You will receive exceptional customer service

The subscription amount, from just £10.00 per YEAR, is perhaps the smallest of any ad-free service and you should expect to rapidly recoup this value in terms of both the stress and time saved.

Email Features
EXCLUSIVE to University of Oxford graduates
Webmail access - Check your email anywhere.
POP / IMAP Access
For use with Thunderbird, Outlook, Mobile Devices etc.
Expandable mailbox
From 200Mb up to 60Gb
Automatic emergency quota increase so that important emails are not returned when your mailbox is full.
Up to 200% for a maximum of 7 days
Advanced SPAM Filtering
Virus and Worm filtering
ZERO advertising in emails
Migrate your contacts and messages.
Customised message filtering and highlighting
Online Calendar
Organise messages into folders and subfolders
Redirection Services
Auto-reply / Vacation Messages
Consolidate your Email
Pull in messages from other POP and IMAP accounts
No timeout period.
ROCK SOLID PRIVACY PROMISE
We NEVER disclose your account details to third parties without your express authorisation.

Last Edited: 27-Apr-2011

Service News

Updated 82 days ago

Problems reported sending emails via Gmail account

14:01 on 10th Jan

We are aware of an issue affecting some users sending emails using a Gmail account when changing the 'Send As' address to the service email address. As the emails are not being sent via our servers they do not include a DKIM signature, which can result in failed authentication checks. This can then result in the receiving server rejecting the email or marking it as spam.This can be resolved by sending emails via our servers using one of the following methods:
  1. Send emails using our Webmail program
  2. Add your service email address to Gmail using SMTP
Please note: SMTP is not included with Free Webmail accounts.You can check which of our email packages you are using by logging into your account and going to the My Account page (see button in the top right of Webmail)If you wish to, you are can upgrade an account so that includes SMTP by please doing the following:
  • Go to the My Account page
  • Click See Upgrades, select a package or bolt on and proceed to checkout.
If you have any questions or need any assistance, please feel free to contact our Helpdesk at help@aluminati.net and we will be happy to help.

Spam/Phishing email warning

13:31 on 14th Nov

We have been notified about a new spam/phishing email. This email has the subject 'Mail Deactivation Alert' and states 'unconfirmed emails will be closed due to the new privacy security update' It includes an 'Upgrade Now' link to avoid account closure.
 
This is not a legitimate email from the university or the support team which manages your email service.
 
Please do not follow any of the instructions or click the link in this email
 
If you have not followed any of the instructions or clicked on a link in this email, please feel free to delete the email. If you have, as a precaution, we recommend you immediatly change your password and run a virus scan on your device.
 
Should you need any support please contact our helpdesk team at help@aluminati.net who will be happy to help.
 
You can also check our guide on identifying scam and phishing emails here: https://www.pidgeme.com/content/help/help.php?showarticle=6232
 
Please be assured that our system administrators are constantly working on preventing such emails as part of their ongoing email security efforts.
 
If you are ever unsure about the legitimacy of an email, please contact our helpdesk at help@aluminati.net who will be happy to check it for you.