These instructions are for students using their OU email account for their studies.
OU personnel (faculty, staff and student employees) must not auto-forward or auto-redirect their OU email to non-University systems such as Gmail, Outlook.com, or Yahoo, under the Acceptable Use of Information Systems Policy, Section 6.2.
If you are a student who also works for OU, this ban applies to you and you should not set up auto-forwarding.
Setting a Forward in 365
Note: If you would like to forward your OU email address to another email address (e.g., @gmail.com, @yahoo.com), you may do so at your own risk. We can not guarantee successful email delivery to outside email addresses.
- To begin, log in to www.microsoft365.com
- Now click on the Outlook app.
- Click on the Gear icon in the upper right corner to open the Settings menu.
- In the Search Outlook Settings box, type Forwarding and hit enter.
- Click the Enable Forwarding option.
- Enter your e-mail address forward. If you would like to retain a copy, please also select the option to “Keep a copy of forwarded messages”.
- Once you have finished configuring your forward, click the Save button.
- Any new mail which comes in should be automatically forwarded to the account you have specified.