Check out the Netscape Communicator CD-ROM from the Science Library in Merrill. If your email is on exchange.amherst.edu, facstaff.amherst.edu, or student.amherst.edu, and you have a Windows PC you can use Outlook 2000 to send and receive email and manage you calendar and to-do list. Outlook links automatically to the campus Global Address List that lets you easily send mail to anyone at Amherst College. Outlook is not yet available for the Mac. Outlook is a part of Microsoft Office.
Outlook works well with a high-speed connection.
If you have a dial-up connection, however, you'll be better off with Netscape. Outlook Express 5 Outlook Express comes with Internet Explorer and is installed on every new Windows computer. However, Netscape does a better job when you have more than one person using a single computer. The Information Technology Department provides support for Netscape Messenger, Outlook, WebMail, Outlook Web Access, and, to a lesser extent, Outlook Express. However, there are other programs available, such as Eudora and MollyMail, that will work with the new NT mail system.