owa.ugent.be (Outlook Web App)

"OWA" stands for Outlook Web App, the webmail service of Microsoft Exchange. Outlook Web App allows you to access, send, receive and manage your e-mail through a web browser. You sign in using your UGent login name and password and you can immediately consult and manage your e-mail. Outlook Web App is especially handy for reading e-mail on the move.

'Exchange' environment (not for students)

• owa.UGent.be can ONLY be used by users of the 'Exchange' environment (staff).
• You may however still use a shared mailbox which you can consult using "webmail.UGent.be".
  Unsure which mail environment to use? Go to mail.UGent.be
• How to open and use a shared mailbox in OWA

Using owa.ugent.be

Surf to owa.UGent.be and sign in using your UGent login name and password.

• Automatic replies (Out of office assistant)
• Inbox rules
• Forward

Do you read your "owa" mail on a "foreign" pc? After you are done, clear all browser data, close all browser windows and delete saved attachments.