It is possible to set up generic email addresses for certain titles or functions within a department or college. Contact the OUCS Registration service if you wish to have such addresses set up. The University maintains an online directory of local email addresses. The local procedures described above apply to the majority of people and the majority of departments and colleges. There are certain occasions and circumstances when the email address mechanisms may differ.
Some departments run their own email systems.
In general, this is no problem, but one area where difficulties may arise is in making the central mailer aware of who is registered on these departmental systems. Under certain circumstances, people with usernames on departmental mail systems may not be able to send or receive mail until they are registered on the central mailer. In these circumstances, the email addresses may not conform to the standard generic form details above.