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Mailboxes: Email Space Left

Mailbox Size

The current email system on campus allows employees 500MB space.  Here's how to tell how close you are to the limit:

In Outlook 2010:

  1. Right-click your Mailbox
  2. Data File Properties...
  3. Folder Size...

On the Web:

  1. Log-in to my.byui.edu.
  2. Under the Administrative Itemsnext to your E-mail link you will see the percentage of space used.
  3. To determine which folders are using the most space, click the percentage link.

Mailbox Cleaning

If you need to clean your mailbox click here for some tips.

Mailbox Size Increase

If you are having trouble with your mailbox saying that it is full or almost full this could make it so that some emails are not sent or recieved. If you feel like you need to have your mailbox size increased please take the survey below. It will guide you through some of the most common questions that we would ask when you are trying to increase your mailbox size. Once the survey is completed, an email will be sent to the email administrators so that they can increase your mailbox size.

Request A Mailbox Size Increase


    Message Size 

    In order to keep things running smoothly large files cannot be sent as email attachments.

    Employee Limits

    The maximum size for an attachment to an email for employees is 10MB.  If they are wanting to send a file that is larger they can use their Box account.

    Student Limits

    Students can send attachments up to 25MB.  If they are wanting to send a file that is larger they can use their SkyDrive or check more about size restrictions here.