All UWF students, faculty, and staff receive an official UWF email/calendar account. This account can be accessed online using ArgoMail, UWF's web email service, which is available from any computer with an Internet connection. Microsoft Outlook/Entourage and other email software can also be set up for use with your UWF email account. Students receive 100MB of mail storage space which can be monitored in Argus. Student email addresses consist of their ArgoNet username followed by "@students.uwf.edu" (ex. abc1@students.uwf.edu). Employee email addresses are their ArgoNet username followed by "@uwf.edu" (ex. aclark@uwf.edu).
Email security is a high priority with all UWF email accounts. To protect our students and employees, UWF has computer servers that are dedicated to scanning and filtering all incoming email to remove viruses and spam. These filtering servers, called IronMail appliances, are a high-end solution from CipherTrust, a leading company in the field. To maintain their effectiveness, these appliances receive frequent software updates from the manufacturer. Approximately 75% of all email received by UWF is spam. Our IronMail spam filters are able to detect and remove 85% of these spam emails before they reach students and employees.
