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Email and Calendars

This section contains common articles related to VTCRI email and calendaring.

  • Limitations When Sending Email to Virginia Tech

    If you are sending a large number of emails (or a large email) to recipients at Virginia Tech (@vt.edu), you need to be aware of the following restrictions in place:  Each of these items is explained ...

  • Clearing Frequent Contacts in Outlook

    When you compose an email in Outlook, it 'remembers' the email address in a list called Frequent Contacts.  When you send an email to a recipient already in the frequent contact list, Outlook will aut...

  • Clearing All Frequent Contacts from Outlook

    If you are experiencing a lot of failed sent mail due to malformed addresses in your AutoComplete or address book follow these instructions on how to clear your list and cache. See this article to cle...

  • Sharing Your Outlook Calendar (OSX)

    This article will walk you through sharing your FBRI calendar with other users using Outlook on a Mac (OSX). Share a calendar with someone At the bottom of the navigation pane, select the Calendar ico...

  • Share your FBRI Calendar via the Web / Internet

    If you wish to share a read only version of your FBRI Exchange calendar with someone external to the FBRI, you can following the steps below:  Start a Conversation with us requesting Shared Calendar A...

  • Forward FBRI Email to VT O365 Email using OWA

    Faculty and Staff will receive an FBRI / @vtc.vt.edu email account and mailbox in addition to their Virginia Tech @vt.edu email account.  Which is preferred?  When working in the FBRI / HS&T campus, y...

  • Add an Internet (Google) Calendar to Outlook for Mac (OS X)

    Outlook for Mac currently does not support adding an Internet calendar, however, there is a workaround to have one show up: Login in https://webmail.vtc.vt.edu using your FBRI credentials.  Select the...

  • Publish a Calendar to the Internet

    To publish a calendar to the internet: Launch Microsoft Outlook. Click on Calendar icon at the bottom. Now, under My Calendars section, choose the calendar which you want to publish, right-click on it...

  • Temporary Attachment Storage

    If you open, edit, and save an attachment in Outlook 2016+ without saving it to a common location on your local drive (i.e. desktop), or to a network share, the file is stored in the default temporary...

  • Remove a mobile device from your Exchange account

    Most users switch to new mobile devices or add new ones. Over a period of time, your Exchange mailbox may have quite a few mobile devices.  If you reach 10, you can add no more.   You can remove it fr...