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Setting IBG as your CU mailhome

mailhome refers to where your CU email is delivered. In might be delivered to /exchangeCU's ''Exchange'' server, to IBG's mailserver, to another mailserver on campus, or even to an external entity, such as gmail. Where email is delivered is a personal decision, and everyone should pick the location that works best for each person's needs.

Advantages and disadvantages

IBG

Advantages

  • Jeff Lessem and Sean Shelby can help you with email issues.
  • IBG can offer unlimited 1) email storage. Mail quotas are present, but can be raised to accommodate reasonable needs.
  • Compatible with all compliant IMAP aware applications, such as Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, and most mobile phones, including iPhone and Android.

Disadvantages

CU's ''Exchange'' Server

Advantages

  • Exchange has many advanced features, including calendering, global address books, and easy setup for Microsoft Outlook and some mobile devices which support the ActiveSync protocol.
  • Exchange offers an advanced web client, which is more sophisticated than Squirrelmail.

Disadvantages

  • Jeff Lessem and Sean Shelby can only give minimal help to Exchange users. Advanced help will require contacting OIT.
  • 1GB initial quota with increases in .5GB increments upon request. The maximum is not stated.
1)
This is unlimited in the not-really unlimited sense that phone companies and ISPs use for unlimited, in that there are limits, but reasonable users are not expected to exceed them.
computing/mailhome.1319753950.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/10/27 16:19 by lessem