{"id":8618,"date":"2018-03-16T20:08:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T20:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.helpline.w3.uvm.edu\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=8618"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:53:48","slug":"mail-storage-quota","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/article\/mail-storage-quota\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Storage Quota"},"content":{"rendered":"

UVM Exchange Online accounts for active students, faculty, and staff have 100GB of storage for their email, calendar, and other exchange-related data. Departmental accounts and accounts for non-salaried faculty, retirees, and recent former students have 50GB of storage. While possible, it is extremely unlikely for the vast majority of users to even approach the storage cap.<\/p>\n \t\t

\r\n \t\t\tBeware of emails reporting that you have reached your inbox cap!<\/span> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t

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In most cases, these are phishing attempts. You can read more in our guide on Managing Online Safety: Phishing and Spam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Finding your Mailbox Usage<\/h2>\n \t\t
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Windows - (new) Outlook<\/h3><\/div>\r\n \t\t\t
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  1. Click File<\/strong> near the top-left corner and select <\/i> Settings<\/strong>.
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  2. Within the Account <\/strong>tab on the left side, select Storage<\/strong> to see your mailbox usage data.\"Mail<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Windows - Outlook (classic)<\/h3><\/div>\r\n \t\t\t
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    1. Click File<\/strong> near the top-left corner.\"Outlook<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. In the Account Information <\/strong>pane, your mailbox usage will appear under Mailbox Settings.\"Outlook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Outlook Online<\/h3><\/div>\r\n \t\t\t
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      1. Log in to Outlook Online<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      2. Click the Gear<\/strong> icon near the upper-right corner to open the Settings menu, and then click View all Outlook settings.\"Settings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      3. Within the Account <\/strong>tab on the left side, select Storage<\/strong> to see your mailbox usage data.\"Mail<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        UVM Exchange Online accounts for active students, faculty, and staff have 100GB of storage for their email, calendar, and other exchange-related data. Departmental accounts and accounts for non-salaried faculty, retirees, and recent former students have 50GB of storage. While possible, it is extremely unlikely for the vast majority of users…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[271],"ht-kb-tag":[387,386,556,471],"class_list":["post-8618","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-email-and-calendar","ht_kb_tag-email","ht_kb_tag-exchange","ht_kb_tag-exchange-online","ht_kb_tag-mailbox-size"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/8618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8618"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/8618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32860,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/8618\/revisions\/32860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=8618"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=8618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}