visit us on the web at . breaking the webmail habit jason hale fall 2007
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Visit us on the Web at www.olemiss.edu/depts/it.
Advantages of WebMail
Can check/Send e-mail from any networked computer(vacations, home, conferences, labs, classrooms)
Access old e-mails from any networked computer
No software to install/configure(just a web browser)
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Disadvantages of WebMail
Slow, depending on server and network load 2 Quotas
• Inbox Quota: Can’t be expanded
• Sunset Quota: Default 5MB (expandable)
Can only access e-mail when on the network
Crude user interface
What does audience think?
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Stretching Your WebMail Quota
Sunset quota 5MB by default
expandable by special request to [email protected]
Save messages from inbox into named foldersso they won’t count against your inbox quota
Delete no-longer-needed incoming or sent messages
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Coming this Winter: New WebMail
100MB student quota
300MB employee quota
Save messages from inbox into named folders
Delete no-longer-needed incoming or sent messages
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Alternatives to WebMail
Eudora for Windows or Mac
Outlook Express
Outlook 2000/XP/2003
Outlook 2007
Thunderbird
Instructions: http://www.olemiss.edu/email/Download: http://www.olemiss.edu/helpdesk/resources.html#software
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Popping E-Mail:Leave a copy on server
Sunset
http://webmail.olemiss.edu
Eudora
Server copies can be accessed from Web-Mail
Popped messages can be viewed with client ondesktop/laptop.
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Popping E-Mail
Sunset
http://webmail.olemiss.edu
Eudora
NO copy left on server
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Popped E-MailSunset
http://webmail.olemiss.edu
Eudora
then lives on PC or laptopand is viewable there only by the client software that popped it.
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Popped E-MailSunset
http://webmail.olemiss.edu
Outlook
then lives on PC or laptopand is viewable there only by the client software that popped it.
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Generic Pop E-Mail Settings
'Incoming/POP' server set to pop.olemiss.edu
Enable SSL encryption for POP
Outgoing/SMTP’ server set: mail.olemiss.edu
Latest Generic Settings: http://www.olemiss.edu/email/instructions/generic.pdf
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Folders Create folders to organize e-mails
Move (drag) e-mails from in-box to named folders
Easily find e-mails from your work history
Folders may be nested within other folders
Automatically divert incoming e-mail to folders
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Sorting E-mails
ascending or descending
by “From” or “To”
by “Subject”
by date received or sent
by flagged status
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Flagging E-mails
Flag (color-code) an e-mail based on some category you invent
Example flags:purple = ToDored = Delegatedgreen = Awaiting Input from Othersetc.