# Oxford to introduce free e-mail for alumni

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/02/25/oxford-introduce-free-email-alumni/
- Published: 2001-02-25T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Oxford University is to introduce a new free e-mail address for life for alumni.
Former students will be able to apply from 1st June for a free e-mail address such
as jo******************@***************ty.org. 
Oxford University is to introduce
a new free e-mail address for life for alumni. Former students will be able to apply
from 1st June for a free e-mail address such as jo******************@***************
ty.org.

 

 

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As well as offering a further service to its alumni this should also assist the 
University and its colleges in maintaining better contact with alumni. The University,
of course, will retain a current e-mail address for all those alumni who sign up
for it. This is a useful alternative should efforts to contact the former student
by post fail.

 

 

 

 

Such an idea is not new. Durham University alumni instituted such a service in July
1999, and has 700 users so far. It has also developed an e-mail newsletter to 1,100
subscribers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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