Email News Archive
What’s Changing? On May 13, 2025, Marshall University Information Technology (MUIT) updated the marshall.edu password standard for all new and changed passwords, enhancing security and aligning with university policy ITP-1 guidelines and best practices. (www.marshall.edu/policies) Below are the updated requirements: Updated Password Requirements: Minimum length: 12 characters Must… Read More
Critical Notice: This morning mass phishing emails (see below) were sent out to Faculty, Staff, and Students from a compromised account. If you went to the link within the email and entered your information, please remain vigilant as the attacker will likely attempt to contact you. If at any… Read More
The following is a message from Information Technology to all freshman students and has been approved by the IT Executive group: Marshall University Information Technology (MUIT) is working to consolidate all users’ UserPrincipalName (UPN) and primary email addresses to be user@marshall.edu. If you are receiving this email communication it… Read More
Description of the Incident: Starting in the evening of Friday October 23 and extending until early afternoon Saturday October 24, there were periodic disruptions in e-mail delivery services for members of the Marshall University community. The disruption was caused by a Microsoft enabled University-wide e-mail security measure –… Read More
This message to all students, faculty and staff has been approved by Jon B. Cutler, Chief Information Security Officer As we start the fall semester, we remind you of the important role which you have in the cyber security of Marshall University. Please review a few key steps listed below… Read More
Due to recent news, cybercriminals have a new twist on phishing emails: Coronavirus scams. Cybercriminals often exploit popular topics and fears, and they haven’t overlooked the widespread fear of COVID-19. The Office of Information Technology asks the Marshall community to continue to stay alert of fraudulent emails and follow safety… Read More
On Monday, February 10th, 2020, Marshall University will begin migrating email to Office 365. The university is beginning the migration of all on campus email services to Microsoft hosted services online (Office 365). This change is being made to combine all email clients for students, faculty and staff on one consistent email platform. The university… Read More
The location of the buttons used to report Spam and Not Spam has changed. Read More
Information Technology will be making changes to School of Medicine Office365 accounts over the next week. If you have an Office365 account with a mailbox as well as an Exchange mailbox, then our goal is to make it so that you will no longer have… Read More
Marshall University Information Technology is applying a major upgrade to the email firewall service, called Barracuda Essentials, on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Barracuda Essentials provides advanced protection against fraudulent email for both Faculty/Staff email (on-premise Exchange) and Student email (Office365). It also provides security for outgoing mail to external… Read More