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| === Advantages === | === Advantages === |
| * [[mailto:jeff.lessem@colorado.edu|Jeff Lessem]] and [[mailto:sean.shelby@colorado.edu|Sean Shelby]] can help you with email issues. | * [[mailto:jeff.lessem@colorado.edu|Jeff Lessem]] and [[mailto:sean.shelby@colorado.edu|Sean Shelby]] can help you with email issues. |
| * IBG can offer unlimited ((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.)) 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. | * Compatible with all compliant ''IMAP'' aware applications, such as Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook, and most mobile phones, including iPhone and Android. |
| === Disadvantages === | === Disadvantages === |
| * 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 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. | * Exchange offers an advanced web client, which is more sophisticated than Squirrelmail. |
| | * 50GB quota, which is similar to what is available at IBG, but greatly exceeds previous offerings from CU. |
| === Disadvantages === | === Disadvantages === |
| * [[mailto:jeff.lessem@colorado.edu|Jeff Lessem]] and [[mailto:sean.shelby@colorado.edu|Sean Shelby]] can only give minimal help to ''Exchange'' users. Advanced help will require [[http://oit.colorado.edu/contact|contacting OIT]]. | * [[mailto:jeff.lessem@colorado.edu|Jeff Lessem]] and [[mailto:sean.shelby@colorado.edu|Sean Shelby]] can only give minimal help to ''Exchange'' users. Advanced help will require [[http://oit.colorado.edu/contact|contacting OIT]]. |
| * 1GB initial quota with increases in .5GB increments upon request. The maximum is not stated. | |
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| ===== Discovering where your email goes ===== | ===== Discovering where your email goes ===== |
| * Connect to the [[https://cuidm.colorado.edu/|CU Identity Manager]] website. Right click, or whatever other action is required to open that link in a new window, so that you can continue to follow these instructions while you are logged in to the identity manager. | * Connect to the [[https://cuidm.colorado.edu/|CU Identity Manager]] website at https://cuidm.colorado.edu. Right click, or whatever other action is required to open that link in a new window, so that you can continue to follow these instructions while you are logged in to the identity manager. |
| * Login to the CU Identity Manager using your CU identikey. If you do not know your identikey username or password, follow the links on that page to get your identikey, or to change the password. | * Login to the CU Identity Manager using your CU identikey. If you do not know your identikey username or password, follow the links on that page to get your identikey, or to change the password. |
| * Once logged in, click on the ''Manage My E-Mail Addresses'' link. | * Once logged in, click on the ''Manage My E-Mail Addresses'' link. |
| * Your current mailhome, where your email is delivered, is on the line labeled ''Current E-mail Delivery Location ''. If it says ''<username>@delta.colorado.edu'' then your email is coming to IBG. If it says anything else, then your email is going elsewhere. | * Your current mailhome, where your email is delivered, is on the line labeled ''Current E-mail Delivery Location ''. If it says ''<username>@delta.colorado.edu'' then your email is coming to IBG. If it says anything else, then your email is going elsewhere. |
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| ===== Setting IBG as your mailhome ===== | ===== Setting IBG as your mailhome ===== |
| Setting IBG as your CU mailhome is a multi-step process that is done at the [[https://cuidm.colorado.edu/|CU Identity Manager]] website. This process is not actually complicated, just tedious. | Setting IBG as your CU mailhome is a multi-step process that is done at the [[https://cuidm.colorado.edu/|CU Identity Manager]] website. This process is not actually complicated, just tedious. |
| * Connect to the [[https://cuidm.colorado.edu/|CU Identity Manager]] website. Right click, or whatever other action is required to open that link in a new window, so that you can continue to follow these instructions while you are logged in to the identity manager. | * Connect to the [[https://cuidm.colorado.edu/|CU Identity Manager]] website at https://cuidm.colorado.edu. Right click, or whatever other action is required to open that link in a new window, so that you can continue to follow these instructions while you are logged in to the identity manager. |
| * Login to the CU Identity Manager using your CU identikey. If you do not know your identikey username or password, follow the links on that page to get your identikey, or to change the password. | * Login to the CU Identity Manager using your CU identikey. If you do not know your identikey username or password, follow the links on that page to get your identikey, or to change the password. |
| * Once logged in, click on the ''Manage My E-Mail Addresses'' link. | * Once logged in, click on the ''Manage My E-Mail Addresses'' link. |
