# Alumni Email Changes

**Source**: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/topics/alumni-email-changes
**Parent**: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/services/alumni-email-service/alumni-email-activity-requirement

## [Alumni Email Activity Requirement](/services/alumni-email-service/alumni-email-activity-requirement)

As a security measure, basic measures of activity are tracked on alumni email accounts including login and sending email to ensure accounts are not abandoned. To meet the activity requirement you must:

[Log in to your Google account](https://mail.google.com/a/berkeley.edu) using your CalNet credentials at least once every 6 months.

If your account remains inactive:

After 4 months of no measured activity, a notification will be sent to both your...

- [Read more about Alumni Email Activity Requirement](/services/alumni-email-service/alumni-email-activity-requirement "Alumni Email Activity Requirement")

## [What is required to continue using the Alumni Email Service?](/faq/alumni-email-service/what-required-continue-using-alumni-email-service)

Alumni with active @berkeley.edu email accounts may continue full use of that account provided they complete the following:

Meet the activity requirement: [Log in to your Google account](https://mail.google.com/a/berkeley.edu) using your CalNet credentials at least once every 6 months

Keep your storage quota below 5GB.

If these requirements are not met, the email account will be deemed inactive and permanently disabled....

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## [Can Alumni who don’t have an active @berkeley.edu Google account still get one?](/faq/alumni-email-service/can-alumni-who-don%E2%80%99t-have-active-berkeleyedu-google-account-still-get-one)

No. Only alumni with existing, active @berkeley.edu Google accounts are eligible to use the service.

- [Read more about Can Alumni who don’t have an active @berkeley.edu Google account still get one?](/faq/alumni-email-service/can-alumni-who-don%E2%80%99t-have-active-berkeleyedu-google-account-still-get-one "Can Alumni who don’t have an active @berkeley.edu Google account still get one?")

## [What is included with Berkeley’s Alumni Email Service?](/faq/alumni-email-service/what-included-berkeley%E2%80%99s-alumni-email-service)

Alumni accounts are allowed 5 GB of total storage (including all Gmail, Drive & Photos). More information about current service parameters and limitations to the @berkeley.edu Google accounts provided to alumni can be found in the [Alumni Email Service Level Agreement (SLA)](https://berkeley.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0014547)

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## [What will happen if I don’t reduce my @berkeley.edu Google account storage before the end of my grace period?](/faq/current-students-and-recent-graduates-faqs/what-will-happen-if-i-don%E2%80%99t-reduce-my-berkeleyedu)

The @berkeley.edu Google accounts for eligible alumni who do not reduce their Google account storage to below 5 GB before the end of their grace period will lose the following capabilities:

Gmail: You will be unable to send or receive messages outside of UC Berkeley. Messages sent to you from outside of UC Berkeley are returned to the sender.

Google Drive: You will be unable to sync or upload new files. You will be unable to create new files in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, and Forms. Until you reduce the...

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## [Can Alumni who don’t have an active CalNet ID and passphrase have an @berkeley.edu Google account?](/faq/alumni-email-service/can-alumni-who-don%E2%80%99t-have-active-calnet-id-and-passphrase-have-berkeleyedu)

No. Only alumni with an active CalNet ID and passphrase can have an @berkeley.edu Google account.

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## [What address do I use to login to my @berkeley email?](/faq/alumni-email-service/what-address-do-i-use-login-my-berkeley-email)

Enter the email address provided in the To: field of this message to login to Google. Enter your CalNet ID and Passphrase when presented with the CalNet Authentication Service page. The part before the @ symbol in the To: field of this message is your CalNet ID You can [Reset Passphrase(link is external)](https://cal.berkeley.edu/help/reset_passphrase/) if you can no longer remember it. Check the [Email(link is external)...](https://myaccount.google.com/email)

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## [Who is eligible for the Alumni Email Service?](/faq/alumni-email-service/who-eligible-alumni-email-service)

UC Berkeley graduates of a degree program and qualified attendees, who have completed at least one semester in a degree-seeking program, are eligible for the Alumni Email Service.

Alumni and qualified attendees who have left the university Summer 2024 or later will be automatically enrolled in the service. Those who have left prior to Summer 2024 will have had to opt in to the service during their grace period.

- [Read more about Who is eligible for the Alumni Email Service?](/faq/alumni-email-service/who-eligible-alumni-email-service "Who is eligible for the Alumni Email Service?")

## [Do I have to renew my alumni email account every year?](/faq/alumni-email-service/do-i-have-renew-my-alumni-email-account-every-year)

No, but in order to keep your account active, you will need to meet the activity requirement to keep your account. If this requirement is not met, your email account will be deemed inactive and permanently disabled. To meet the activity requirement you must:

[Log in to your Google account](https://mail.google.com/a/berkeley.edu) using your CalNet credentials at least once every 6 months.

If your account remains inactive:

After 4 months of no measured activity, a notification will be sent to both your @...

- [Read more about Do I have to renew my alumni email account every year?](/faq/alumni-email-service/do-i-have-renew-my-alumni-email-account-every-year "Do I have to renew my alumni email account every year?")

## [Is my @berkeley.edu Google account guaranteed for life?](/faq/alumni-email-service/my-berkeleyedu-google-account-guaranteed-life)

No. Campus is committed to maintaining ways for alumni to stay engaged with Berkeley. We will continue to evaluate whether this service is an effective way of achieving that goal. The [Alumni Email Service](https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/services/alumni-email-service) is provided as a privilege and is subject to additional changes.

- [Read more about Is my @berkeley.edu Google account guaranteed for life?](/faq/alumni-email-service/my-berkeleyedu-google-account-guaranteed-life "Is my @berkeley.edu Google account guaranteed for life?")

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