The College of Engineering is making use of UCSB Connect (https://connect.ucsb.edu) for mail services as of Summer of 2017 (From June 27-August 29).

The last migration change over happened August 29th, 2017 and we are now fully switched over to UCSB Connect (Google G Suite for Education)

ECI Connect Migration

All ECI Email accounts have moved to Connect - UCSB’s email and calendaring service powered by Google’s G Suite for Education. G Suite for Education is a collection of cloud computing productivity and collaboration software from Google. It includes Google's popular web applications such as Google GMail, Calendar, Drive, Hangouts, Docs and Sheets. G Suite provides a complete package of communication and collaboration tools suitable for any device.

Why did we migrate to Connect?

• Ultimately it is a better user experience with additional functionality
• Google has better spam and virus protection
• It is protected by legal contract (see here for details) https://www.connect.ucsb.edu/privacy-security/uc-google-contract
• No scanning of your data for ad generation and no ads are displayed
• FERPA compliant
• A large number of ECI accounts previously forwarded mail to external providers and do so generally without protection of a legal contract
• Additional collaboration functionality and security (MFA is available)
• Again, it has become the standard collaboration tool used across campus

Who migrated to Connect?

• Everyone with an ECI account (migration coincided and was coordinated with the ECE Connect migration)
• All departments and centers that ECI hosted mail for
• Faculty, staff, and students
• Mailing lists will eventually be migrated to Google Groups

CoE and Connect Accounts are not the Same

When you create a CoE account, you will by default, automatically get a Connect account if you do not already have one, or an engineering alias added to your Connect account if you already have one.

It is possible to close/expire a CoE account without losing access to Connect assuming you have aliases from a non-CoE source.

CoE accounts and Connect account will by default have the same username, but it is possible to pick different usernames and passwords.

Connect Related Documents

Create Mail-UCSB Connect Article

• Can I keep my email address after I graduate? (Alumni Mail)
• Can not log onto UCSB Connect
• Can't get onto UCSB Connect/GMail
• Differences between UCSB Connect Groups and MailMan
• GMail Search Function
• How can I access CoE email on my device?
• How do I access my email from the web? (Or, how do I access my Engineering Account in Google?)
• How do I enable an automatic vacation reply?
• How do I filter my email? (Server Side)
• How do I forward email to another address?
• How do I log into my Engineering email?
• How do I make a mailing list?
• How do I reset my password for UCSB Connect Mail?
• How to forward email to another account for a specific address
• How to read Email Error Codes
• How to set an Auto-Reply for an E-Mail Address.
• I created an @<department>.ucsb.edu account, but it shows up as @ucsb.edu...
• Is it possible for me to access my Engineering Email via POP3?
• Issues with UMail
• Mail bouncing when trying to send from Engineering Account
• Setting up Campus Directory on a mail client
• UCSB Connect Support Documents
• Unable to set Send As on Gmail for @cs.ucsb.edu
• What other addresses do I have on my UCSB Connect Account?
• What should I set as my incoming and outgoing mail server in my email client configuration?
• Where is webmail for engineering?
• How do I Create a Connect Calendar Appointment Slot