Do I have to renew my alumni email account every year?
Source: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/faq/alumni-email-service/do-i-have-renew-my-alumni-email-account-every-year Parent: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/topics/alumni-email-changes
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 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 @berkeley.edu email and listed recovery email. You will then be required to reauthenticate your account to confirm it as active.
- After 5 months, a second notification will be sent to both your @berkeley.edu email and listed recovery email.
- After 6 months, your account will be disabled. Your account and all of its contents will be deleted.
Note: Sending mail through your Gmail or third party email app can only be tracked for 30 days. Other types of activity like forwarding email to another account or using auto-reply messages cannot be tracked and does not register as account activity.