Email Clients
No matter what you do at Carnegie Mellon, you will probably become dependent on email. Carnegie Mellon uses Cyrus electronic mail. Cyrus is based on standard Internet protocols. The protocols used are Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP4), Post Office Protocol (POP3), and Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) for enclosures.
Mail clients are the applications you use to read or send your mail messages. Cyrus allows you to use any e-mail client that is compatible with either POP3 or IMAP protocols. With the different e-mail clients available to you, which one(s) should you use? Read the information below to determine the best client for you:
| Mail Client |
Platform |
Need to configure |
Sent Mail Accessible from ANY computer |
Ability to send mail from other identities |
Entourage 2004 & Entourage 2008
|
Mac |
Yes |
Yes - but configuration is necessary |
Yes - but configuration is necessary |
Outlook 2007 & Outlook 2003
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes - but configuration is necessary |
Yes - but configuration is necessary |
| Pine |
UNIX |
No |
Yes |
Yes - but difficult to configure / not supported |
| Webmail |
Any |
No |
Yes |
Yes - but configuration is necessary |
