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What does Viderekontakt look like for senders?

When you have enabled Viderekontakt, people who try to send emails to your former UiO address will be notified that it is no longer in use.

What does it look like when someone emails you after you have left UiO?

When you have enabled Viderekontakt and someone sends an email to your former UiO address they will be informed that you are no longer affiliated with UiO, and they will be given the email address you registered in Viderekontakt.

The outgoing message may look slightly different depending on the email client used, but will contain the following text:

Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:
username@uio.no (username@uio.no)
Your message couldn't be delivered and there was no valid enhanced status code being issued by the remote mail system to determine the exact cause, status: 
'551-This email address is no longer in use at the University of Oslo. The 551 owner of it has given this as a new contact: new-email@eksempel.com'.  

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Published Feb. 4, 2026 3:19 PM - Last modified Feb. 4, 2026 3:22 PM