Roundcube (Webmail)

Introduction

For the university's central email server, "Uni-Mailserver," the University Computing Centre (URZ) offers a service that allows easy and secure management of individual mailboxes via a web browser.

Users access this service by entering the URL https://webmail.ovgu.de in their browser, establishing a secure connection. Next, they are prompted to enter their username and password. Once these credentials are verified, they are connected to the designated email server, and their mailbox folders become available for editing.

Webmail provides essential functions commonly found in email programs:

Viewing and reading incoming emails
Editing emails (replying, forwarding, saving, deleting)
Composing and sending new emails, including with file attachments
Organizing email folders
Automatic email processing, such as out-of-office replies, forwarding, and filtering

At the bottom of the homepage, additional features are offered through dedicated buttons: guides, FAQs, report issues, and important notices.

Important Note!

Automatic forwarding of work-related emails to external personal email addresses is prohibited!

For students, there is no general ban on forwarding emails to personal external addresses. However, official emails to students should primarily be sent to the internal address format: firstname.lastname@st.ovgu.de.

Please refer to university public announcements(only in German and only accessible only from the OVGU network).

Webmail - common problems