Email Programs @ Engineering

Email Client Programs

CSS supports several email client programs. Read below to choose the e-mail application that best suits your needs.

If you choose to use a non-supported mail program, read email@engineering for information about the mail server and required settings.

• Outlook
  • Runs on Windows computers.
  • Available only for faculty and staff.
  • Is a combined email and calendar client.
  • Calendar items must be read and acted on using Outlook or Outlook Web Access (OWA).
  • OWA provides a web-based view of mail and calendar entries.
  • Provides access to University directory to look up email addresses.
  • Provides good support for file attachments.
  • Can open hypertext links (URLs) from text; can display HTML.
  • Information about Outlook. Help is available within Outlook and on the ITS pages.
  • See the Outlook configuration information.
• Thunderbird
  • Stand-alone mail client from Mozilla.org.
  • Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers.
  • Looks like Mozilla Mail, so can be easy to learn to use.
  • Provides access to University and College LDAP directories to look up email addresses.
  • Provides good support for file attachments.
  • Can open hypertext links (URLs) from text; can display HTML.
  • Information about Thunderbird. Help is available within Thunderbird.
  • See the Thunderbird configuration information.
• Webmail
  • Requires a browser; runs in secure mode. Run Webmail.
  • Provides access to University and College LDAP directories to look up email addresses.
  • Provides good support for file attachments.
  • Can open hypertext links (URLs) from text; displays HTML.
  • Does not need to be configured to run, but you may want to set some of the Webmail options.
  • Information about Webmail (or check the ITS Webmail page). See also the CSS E-tudes for information on specific topics.

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