Intro to Webmail
Webmail is an easy to use service available to all UT students, faculty and staff that allows you to check your email from any standard web browser. With Webmail, you can check your mail from any computer without worrying about downloading messages to your local machine.
Objectives:
- Login to the School of Information mail server
- Forward your mail or change your password
- Read and delete mail
- Compose mail with an attachment
- Attach a signature to outgoing mail
- Apply filters and create folders
- Manage the address bookDefinitions:
Before we get started you might want to know the following acronyms:
IMAP: Internet Messaging Access Protocol
POP: Post Office ProtocolIMAP vs. POP
IMAP is a method of accessing your electronic mail messages without downloading them to your local machine. This stands in contrast to a POP mail server, which does download your mail to your local machine. Eudora is an example of a POP application because it will actually transfer your messages from the server to your computer at home. IMAP allows you to manipulate your messages as if they were local but they're always stored on the server. Webmail and Pine, as well as web-based email clients like Yahoo or Hotmail, are all examples of email applications which utilize IMAP.
On each of the following pages, you
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find links to a video tutorial in this space.