Automatic forwarding of email to be disabled today

VUMC’s workforce members are diligent about the security of VUMC data, but email remains a significant avenue for threats to VUMC users and data, and automatic forwarding of email increases the likelihood of VUMC data inadvertently being sent to external locations.

In order to reduce the risk of unwanted (spam) or malicious (phishing) email entering the VUMC email system, automatic “bulk” forwarding of email to and from @vumc.org email addresses will be disabled on July 15, 2020. This includes automatic forwarding to or from personal email accounts (@gmail.com, @yahoo.com, etc.) and corporate accounts (including @vanderbilt.edu).

If you have configured your VUMC email account to automatically forward to an outside email address, including a @vanderbilt.edu email address, this will be disabled beginning July 15.

See the VUMC policy on “Electronic Messaging of Individually Identifiable Patient and Other VUMC Confidential or Sensitive Information” in Policy Tech.