Email Forward-Mailbox and all data will be deleted and unrecoverable once mail forwarding is enabled


Issue

If you have opted out of your Michigan Medicine email mailbox account and have Michigan Medicine email forwarded from @med.umich.edu to your @umich.edu account:

Your mailbox has been deleted and Michigan Medicine will only redirect email communication to your @umich.edu address

Once forwarding is put into place and your mailbox has been converted to a mail user, all Michigan Medicine email items will be deleted and CANNOT be recovered.  This includes:

  • Email items
  • Contacts
  • Calendar Items
  • Tasks
  • Teams' individual chats

Environment

If you have opted out of your Michigan Medicine email mailbox account and have Michigan Medicine email forward from @med.umich.edu to your @umich.edu account:

Michigan Medicine will only redirect email messages to your @umich.edu address.

Cause

During the conversion process the mailbox and all data is completely purged and CANNOT be recovered.

Resolution

N/A