September 17, 2024 - Final Storage Reduction
September 17th is the final deadline before the content in accounts that are over the 5 GB limit will be subject to deletion.
August 28, 2024 - Alumni who have not renewed will lose access to their accounts
Participants in the Alumni Email Service from before September 2023 who failed to renew will lose access to their alumni email account on August 28, 2024.
August 1, 2024 - Over Limit Accounts will be Limited
Access to alumni accounts that are still above the 5 GB limit will be limited and their content will be scheduled for deletion. The ability to send emails will be restricted to recipients within the UC Berkeley domain. Incoming emails from external senders will be returned with a notification indicating insufficient storage space. These accounts will no longer be able to edit or upload content to Google.
July 24, 2024 - Storage Reduction Deadline
Alumni will be encouraged and supported to reduce their total Google storage used to below the 5 GB limit set for alumni accounts. Anyone still over 5 GB on July 24 will not be able to create or add new files until they reduce below 5 GB. Email will continue to operate normally.
April 15, 2024 - Renewal Deadline
Alumni can still renew after April 15, but they will not be able to create or add new files and will lose the ability to send or receive email outside of berkeley.edu until they renew. Email sent to alumni who have not renewed will be returned or "bounced" back to the sender with a warning message. Email sent to alumni who have not renewed is not saved and will be returned or "bounced" back to the sender with a warning message.
March 6, 2024 - Announcement
Notify the campus community and existing alumni who have email about the changes coming to alumni email.