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Due to cybersecurity concerns, SUNY has implemented new, more stringent policies that mean UB cannot provide UBmail for alumni in the long-term.

We realize this is disruptive and understand this change may impact your personal email communication, and we want to provide helpful information with enough time for you to take action to preserve important information in your buffalo.edu email.

Once mailboxes are deactivated, any password recovery messages or email sent to the @buffalo.edu account will not be accessible.

In 2009, UB began permitting alumni to keep their “@buffalo.edu” email addresses after graduation. Due to new SUNY security requirements and the resulting costs to maintain these accounts in a compliant manner, as well as UB’s own assessment of risk to the university to continue to maintain these accounts, it is no longer possible to offer this option to alumni. Similar to other IT services, such as UB Box and UB Learns, @buffalo.edu email accounts will remain active for alumni for a six-month period following graduation—at which time they will be deactivated.

Please prepare for this change of service as soon as possible:

• Update your contact information so we can stay in touch. 
  • May 2025 grads: . 
  • UB grads prior to May 2025: . 
• Back up what matters. Export any important emails, files or contacts you want to keep before the deadline. 
  • For May 2025 grads, this means Dec. 15, 2025.
  •  Graduates prior to May 2025 will receive information about their specific deactivation date in the future.
• Let people know. Share your new email address with friends, family and services like job boards, social media and streaming platforms.  

Access to other UB-provided software and services also expires six months after graduation per the existing policy. This includes Microsoft 365 (Office apps, OneDrive, etc.), UBbox, Zoom (UB licensed), UB Learns, Panopto (recorded lectures and videos), UBfs (UB File Service) and UB personal websites.

UB is ending email service for alumni due to changes SUNY has made in its cybersecurity policy. Going forward, UBmail will be available for six months after a student graduates.

May 2025 graduates will be the first impacted by the change in December 2025, and alumni who graduated prior to May 2025 will be affected by this change beginning in spring 2026.

Comprehensive information, instructions and helpful resources about the change are being sent regularly to all impacted alumni.

This change does not affect you if you are a:

• UB retiree
• graduate who works at the university
• graduate who is enrolled as a student

Your UBmail account will remain active. Retirees must sign up for Duo two-factor authentication and are still required to log in every 90 days to keep the account active.