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Depending on the environment you'll be working in, you have two primary choices for mail. You can decide on our PC based solution [[ExchangeEmail|Microsoft Exchange Email]] or a [[UNIXEmail|IMAP Email]] solution. Both provide scanning for Virus and Spam through our [[BarracudaSpamFirewall|Barracuda Spam Firewall]] | Depending on the environment you'll be working in, you have two primary choices for mail. You can decide on our PC based solution [[ExchangeEmail|Microsoft Exchange Email]] or a [[UNIXEmail|IMAP Email]] solution. Both provide scanning for Virus and Spam through our [[BarracudaSpamFirewall|Barracuda Spam Firewall]] | ||
Alternatively if you already have a Email provider you like we offer the ability to forward your Email. | |||
You can update your Email preference through our [https://intranet.umiacs.umd.edu/chinfo|Directory Profile] Tool. | |||
===[[ExchangeEmail|Microsoft Exchange Email]]=== | ===[[ExchangeEmail|Microsoft Exchange Email]]=== | ||
Revision as of 19:00, 6 October 2010
Introduction
Depending on the environment you'll be working in, you have two primary choices for mail. You can decide on our PC based solution Microsoft Exchange Email or a IMAP Email solution. Both provide scanning for Virus and Spam through our Barracuda Spam Firewall
Alternatively if you already have a Email provider you like we offer the ability to forward your Email.
You can update your Email preference through our Profile Tool.
Microsoft Exchange Email
If you are accustomed with Microsoft Outlook and/or need a shared calendar then we offer the UMIACS Exchange service.
Please see Microsoft Exchange 2007 Email for more information.
IMAP Email
Our IMAP service is available as a simple multi-platform way of reading your mail. It provides powerful server-side mail filtering. You can configure you own client or use our Webmail server to read your email.
Support Matrix
| Pine | Mutt | Thunderbird | Mail.app | Outlook/Exchange | |
| Windows 7 | Yes(1) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Windows XP | Yes(1) | Yes | Yes | ||
| RHEL 3/4/5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes(2) | |
| Ubuntu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes(2) | |
| Mac OS X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes(3) |
- - We support pine on Windows through PC Pine
- - Microsoft Exchange support is only available through the Outlook Web Access which is severely limited on non-IE browsers.
- - Microsoft Exchange support for Mail/Contacts/Calendar requirers Mac OS X 10.6 or later.