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After you leave Cambridge, you may want to transfer the contents of your University mailbox (@cam.ac.uk) to your new alumni mailbox (@cantab.ac.uk) before your student account is closed. There are two ways to to this:

Alumni mailbox migration wizard

This is the easiest way to move all the contents of your student mailbox into your alumni mailbox. It just takes one click. Simply go to the website on the day you want your mailbox contents copied over, and UIS will automate the process overnight. In the morning, you will see a new folder in your alumni mailbox, containing all your student emails. 

Manual migration

If you want to copy some of your emails to your new mailbox yourself, follow these instructions:

Migrating your contacts

If you also want to copy your student contacts to your alumni mailbox, you will need to do this manually. Follow these instructions