If you are interested in an overview of the email situation, check out the Computing Center newsletter. Students that have questions about the migration to the new system should click here for instructions . Faculty and staff who have not yet been moved over to the new system should see Paul Beltman in the Computing Center. There are three basic ways to view your email. You can login via the web, use an IMAP compatible email program like Pegasus, or configure the Microsoft Outlook client to connect directly to the email server.
All methods have their own advantages and disadvantages.
The good thing about logging in via the web is that you can get to your email anyplace you have an internet connection. Using an IMAP client gives you much more flexibility, though you lose the use of special folders like Contacts and Calendar. We have instructions for configuring Pegasus to connect to the new email server, and you should be able to adapt this information to other email clients like Netscape Messenger and Outlook Express. If you use Pegasus, you can get to your email anyplace on campus, but you will still need to use the web when off-campus. In my opinion, Pegasus provides some of the most advanced capaibilities for distribution lists and signatures, though you have to be careful to configure it properly.