1. Student Email
  2. Faculty and Staff Email
  3. Request A Departmental Email Address
  4. Campaign Monitor
  5. Lyris Email List Service
  6. Reducing Email Spam
  7. Add to Calendar
  8. Email News

Carleton students, faculty, staff and alumni are provided with a Carleton email account.

Beware of phishing emails! If you receive an email from an address you don’t recognize, your first thought should be: is this email legitimate?  But know that malicious emails can also come from an address that you do recognize – perhaps their account got hacked and is now being used to spam people.

If you receive a phishing email do not respond to it. Move it to your junk folder (this will mark it as spam), and forward it to the ITS Service Desk. We then flag the email in the Office 365 filter system, which then marks it as spam for other users.  If the phishing email contains a link to a website, we report that website to Google and the web host (if available).

Student Email

Carleton’s Student Email, powered by Microsoft’s Office 365, features 50 GB of storage, advanced search features and great mobile support.  As a student, this is your official Carleton email address that the university uses to communicate important information to you.

For help setting up your Carleton Email on your computer and on your phone, visit our Online Help Centre.

Faculty and Staff Email

Exchange for Faculty and Staff, hosted by Microsoft’s Office 365 Cloud, features 50 GB of storage, spam and malware blocking, mobile support, and more.

For help setting up your email on your computer or phone, and adding a shared mailbox, visit our Online Help Centre.

Request A Departmental Email Address

If you require an Email address for your department/team or event, Staff and Faculty can request a new Email address using the Customer Portal

Campaign Monitor

Carleton University has licensed Campaign Monitor, an easy-to-use email marketing platform, for use by communicators, marketers and those looking to send bulk mailings across campus, as an enterprise application. You can request access to Campaign Monitor, and view resources and training documents, by visiting the internal Campaign Monitor website.

Lyris Email List Service

The Lyris Listserv is a service provided to all faculty, staff, departmental administrators and students for the purpose of teaching, researching, studying and to deliver effective communications.

At Carleton University, the Lyris ListManager is used primarily to distribute messages and send out announcements to the client community (e.g. faculty-staff list).  It is also used to communicate with other specific segments of the community (e.g. course mailing lists, etc.).

For help using the Lyris email list service, visit our Online Help Centre.

Reducing Email Spam

Spam is unsolicited e-mail sent to many people.  It is the electronic equivalent of the junk mail that is delivered to your home each week. Most spam is commercial advertising, get rich quick schemes or shady services with the sender paying very little of the actual e-mail delivery cost. Spam is usually sent from a fake e-mail address making it difficult to trace.

At ITS we provide filtering of incoming spam e-mail messages on Carleton University’s primary e-mail gateway.

Here are some tips to help you reduce the amount of spam you get in your inbox.

Add to Calendar

Have you ever organized an event, webinar or workshop and then been dismayed when only half the invitees show up because they forgot to add your event to their calendars as a reminder?

Why not make it easy for your invitees by adding an “Add to Calendar” link to your event announcement! Here are three options to do this.

Email News

Thursday, September 23, 2021

New email signatures are here! Learn how to change yours now

In 2021, Carleton University refreshed its brand with a new logo, brand guidelines and more. It was an exciting development that strengthens our message and provides an identity distinct from others. Looking for a way to help spread the word about our new brand identity? One quick and easy way for faculty and staff... More

Monday, November 2, 2020

Microsoft introduces new Cortana Daily Briefing feature

Microsoft has just introduced a new tool called the Cortana Daily Briefing Email, a personalized email that Office constructs for you, based upon what Microsoft 365 (or Office) knows about your day. This is an automated service — no one from Carleton University, Microsoft or any other organization is accessing your inbox. If you do not wish... More

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Cyber Security Awareness Month – How to Spot a Phishing Attempt

It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month and this week we’re talking about email. Email is one of the easiest ways for cyber criminals to target ordinary citizens.  Here are a few risks to be aware of when it comes to your email: A weak email account password could leave your personal information vulnerable -  create... More

Thursday, August 1, 2019

5 Ways to Spot a Phishing Attempt

Email phishing scams can trick you into opening attachments or giving up personal information. They appear to be emails from organizations or companies you trust, but they're often the gateway to data breaches or identity theft. 5 Ways to Recognize a Phishing Attempt It asks you for your password or directs you to a web... More

Thursday, April 25, 2019

External Email Tagging Being Implemented to Combat Phishing

At Carleton we often see phishing emails that appear to be from @carleton.ca addresses, when in fact they are fake accounts created with malicious intent. These emails often encourage the recipient to click on a link and provide sensitive information, like their username and password. To better protect Carleton staff, faculty, and students against... More

Friday, January 4, 2019

Beware of Phishing Email circulating on campus – Appears to be from Carleton University Senior Manager!

Beware of phishing emails circulating on campus with subject of "Rafik Goubran's invitation is waiting for your response".  This is a phishing email and should be deleted immediately. If you respond to these messages, you may be asked to purchase gift cards or bitcoins for the individual. Do not accept invitation, do not send gift... More

Friday, September 28, 2018

Cyber Security: Our Shared Responsibility

Cyber Security Awareness Month is an internationally recognized campaign held each October to inform the public of the importance of cyber security. This campaign is focused on helping us be more secure online, by knowing simple steps to take to protect ourselves, our families, our workplace and our devices. Humans are the first line... More

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

August IT Security Tip: Protect Your Personal Information

In this month's IT security tip we're talking about protecting not only your personal information, but your online identity as well. What you post online can come back to haunt you. Here are four simple tips to help you protect your personal information: Limit the amount of personal information you post when using social... More

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Internet Issues Due to Construction in Brewer Park: Resolved

Internet and email service on the Carleton University campus was disrupted yesterday at 10 a.m. after construction in Brewer Park severed a cable that carries our Internet links. The service provider was on site to make repairs and Internet service was restored by approximately 8:30 p.m.  Thank you for your... More

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Design Change Coming to Carleton’s Single Sign On Webpage

On Wednesday June 13, ITS will be updating Carleton’s Federated Single Sign On webpage.  This is the page you see when you go to login to Carleton Exchange Email, Office 365 applications, SharePoint, OneDrive, Fusion, Halogen and Medgate.  This is simply a design change and no action is required. The page will go from... More

Thursday, October 5, 2017

How to Spot a Phishing Attempt

It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month! This is a time to help better understand the cyber threats we face online and the simple steps we can take to minimize those risks. Today we’re talking about phishing emails. If you receive an email from an address you don’t recognize, your first thought should be: is this email legitimate?... More

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Protect your Email

Email has become such an essential part of life that many people now choose to send a message rather than make a phone call. It's a means to stay in touch with friends, communicate with colleagues, receive order confirmations when you shop online, read e-newsletters and find out about promotions from companies you trust.... More

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Email Access Issues in iOS 11

If you are using the native mail app on your iPhone or iPad, and upgrade to iOS 11, you may encounter issues. How does this affect me? Due to an incompatibility in the new release of iOS, users of the built-in Apple Mail app in iOS 11 may be unable to sync their Office... More

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Introducing our New Online Help Centre

Along with our new name (ITS), we are also happy to introduce our new Online Help Centre. This is where you will now go to find documentation, video tutorials, and FAQs to help you do you what you need to do - such as connecting to the CU-Wireless, changing your MyCarletonOne password, setting up your voicemail,... More

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Network Interruption Updates

To better communicate updates to the Carleton community, a new Internal site has been created for IT communications. Staff and Faculty: To access the site, go to https://i.carleton.ca/its/ and login using your MyCarletonOne credentials. For technical assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at its.service.desk@carleton.ca or... More

Thursday, October 27, 2016

IT Security: Our Shared Responsibility

Cyber Security Awareness Month is coming to an end.  Our month long campaign was designed to help you better understand the cyber threats you face online and the simple steps you can take to minimize those risks. Simple things like: Knowing how to spot suspicious emails Creating secure passwords Protecting your mobile devices Staying safe... More

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Beware of emails circulating on campus entitled: Police alert – Campus bomb scare

Beware of emails circulating on campus with the subject of "Police Alert - Campus Bomb Scare" and appears to be from Carleton University.  Do not reply to the message, do not click on the link within the body of the message and do not provide your email and/or account information.   This is a phishing attempt and it should be... More

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

How to Spot a Phishing Email

It's Cyber Security Awareness Month! This is a time to help better understand the cyber threats we face online and the simple steps we can take to minimize those risks. Today we're talking about phishing emails. If you receive an email from an address you don’t recognize, your first thought should be: is this email legitimate?... More

Monday, October 3, 2016

Protect Your Email

Email has become such an essential part of life that many people now choose to send a message rather than make a phone call. It's a means to stay in touch with friends, communicate with colleagues, receive order confirmations when you shop online, read e-newsletters and find out about promotions from companies you trust.... More

Friday, September 23, 2016

Spotlight on IT: Security Edition

Welcome to our eNewsletter, Spotlight on IT, where each month we spotlight a different trend or topic in the information technology world.  If you would like to receive this publication in your inbox, subscribe here. To kick off our Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign, this edition is all about IT security. Data Breaches In 2015... More

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

4 Tips to Help Protect your Personal Information

It is important to protect not only your personal information, but your online identity as well.  Remember: what you post online can come back to haunt you. Here are some tips to help you protect your personal information: Limit the amount of personal information you post on social media. Do not assume that email... More

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Clutter Has Now Been Turned off on All Carleton Email Accounts

ITS has now turned off the Clutter feature on our student, staff, and faculty email systems. Messages that were previously going into the Clutter folder will now be delivered to your Inbox folder. If you would like to continue using the Clutter feature, you can easily re-enable it by following the steps in the video below.... More

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Protection Against Phishing, Malware, and Ransomware

Over the last couple of months higher ed institutions have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of malicious content contained in emails. At Carleton, over the past four months we have seen a 46% increase in spam and emails with malicious attachments and last month over 80% of email messages coming into our email gateway were blocked... More

Monday, June 27, 2016

Clutter is Being Turned off on Carleton Email Accounts

Today ITS will be working to turn off the clutter feature on your Carleton email account.  You will not experience any downtime and messages will continue to be delivered to your inbox. Once turned off, messages will no longer be delivered to your Clutter folder.  Messages that were previously going into the Clutter folder will... More

Monday, June 27, 2016

ITS Infographic: May Stats

The infographic below highlights some of the activity we saw in the month of May.  Click on the image for a larger view.  Accessible transcript is included below the image. Accessible Transcript In May the ITS Service Desk responded to 2514 inquiries via phone, email, or walk-in. Email: its.service.desk@carleton.ca Phone: 613-520-3700 Surveys... More

Monday, June 13, 2016

Changes are Coming to your Carleton Email Account

On June 27th, ITS will be turning off the clutter feature on your Microsoft Exchange account. Once the clutter feature has been turned off, messages will no longer be delivered to your clutter folder.  Messages that were previously going into your clutter folder will appear in your Inbox. Clutter is a feature of the... More

Thursday, May 19, 2016

ITS Infographic: April Stats

The infographic below highlights some of the activity we saw in the month of April.  Click on the image for a larger view.  Accessible transcript is included below the image. Accessible Transcript ITS Stats - What Happened in April We provide enterprise IT solutions and services to support the learning, teaching, research, and administrative... More

Friday, March 11, 2016

An Intuitive Feature to De-Clutter Your Inbox

Flash back two years ago.  On John’s commute into work on the O-Train he scans through his emails.  He skips through industry announcements and newsletters and opens Today @ Carleton.  He scrolls past social media notifications and reads an email from a colleague. Today: John is still checking his email on his way into... More

Friday, January 22, 2016

Awareness Alert: Phishing attempt that Surfaced at Western University

Please beware of two phishing emails that circulated at Western University, one had the subject of "University Employee Payroll" and the other was targeted at Students "Work-from-home". For more information on these scams, please see the link below: http://uwo.ca/its/email/account/official_account_emails_from_its/index.html      ... More

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Beware of Phishing email with subject: “Your account has been locked”

Beware of phishing emails circulating on campus with the subject of "Your account has been locked" and appears to be from Apple.  Do not reply to the message, do not click on the link within the body of the message and do not provide your email and/or account information.   This is a phishing attempt and it should be deleted immediately.... More

Monday, January 18, 2016

Public Folder Maintenance – -5pm,Fri, Jan 29

PC Outlook Users who use Exchange Public Folders - Maintenance, Jan 29-31, 2016 Maintenance will be performed on the Exchange Public Folders, the weekend of Friday, Jan 29th. Access to your Exchange email, as well as to any Shared Mailboxes, will not be affected. What are Public Folders? Public Folders are a legacy feature of Exchange for... More

Thursday, November 5, 2015

CuLearn – Slow Issues – Now Resolved

As of 1:50pm, Thurs. Nov 5th:  The problems experienced with cuLearn earlier today have now been resolved.   As of 12:45pm, Thurs. Nov 5th: Slow response rate is being experienced on cuLearn.  Clients are able to access the service, however, service is very slow.  ITS support is... More

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Upgrade of Carleton’s Exchange Email for Faculty and Staff

Carleton is moving the existing Exchange Email for Faculty and Staff service, onto Microsoft's Office 365 Cloud. Benefits This upgrade will result in essentially unlimited message storage (50GB), better protection from SPAM and malware, and support for the latest mobile devices. When The upgrade is occurring over the summer, faculty by faculty... More

Monday, April 20, 2015

Beware of phishing attempt – appears to be from Carleton University!

Beware of phishing emails circulating on campus with the subject of "Submit" and appears to be from Carleton University.  Do not reply to the message, do not click on the link within the body of the message and do not provide your email and/or account information.   This is a phishing attempt and this email should be deleted immediately.... More

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Beware of Phishing Emails with Subject of “Administrator Help Desk”

Beware of phishing emails circulating on campus with the subject of "Administrator Help Desk".  Do not reply to the message, do not click on the link within the body of the message and do not provide your email account information.   This is a phishing attempt and this email should be deleted immediately. If you have already clicked on... More

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