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Welcome to Cantab

Cantab is a free email service designed specifically for University of Cambridge graduates. It provides all leavers with a FREE and prestigious email address and offers a full email account in which to host it.

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What is Email for Life?

You have been given a fully serviced alumni email account which you can keep for life. This account allows you to send and receive email using the exclusive address. Easily keep in touch with your fellow graduates as you will never need to change your address based on your ISP or current employer.

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Account Types

Your free account is a webmail account offering 100MB of online storage. Enhanced accounts are available offering 2000MB and permitting you IMAP and POP access from programs such as Outlook or even your mobile phone.

Full Price List

Leavers receive 12 months free usage at the Premium level, sponsored by the Alumni Office. All other alumni receive 3 free months.

Why should I use this account?

Exclusive and Prestigious Email Address

Your address proves that you are a graduate of Cambridge and looks great on CVs and applications.

No Adverts, Ever!

The service will never be slowed down or cluttered with advertising like many other free webmail services.

A service you can trust

The university audits security and privacy controls to ensure that your data is safe and respected.

Dedicated Support Team

Unlike many services you have access to a friendly, and capable email support desk staffed by real people.

Easily Migrate your emails

Keep your records of university emails with our easy email migration tool.

Online Directory

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Alumni Announcements

In the Realm of the Polar Bear 2013

28 August - 5 September
Discover a land forged by ice, wind and sea where the polar bear reigns. On this 7-night voyage in the company of fellow alumni, see the Midnight Sun, arctic wildlife and learn from the expert Professor Julian Dowdeswell.

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Alumni Festival 2013

27 - 29 September
The Alumni Festival is an exclusive opportunity to delve into your University's current, future and past research, exploring topics you just didn't have time to cover as a student and ones that are so cutting edge the results have only just been published.

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