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Information Session Slides – May 7, 2009

Yes, you will no longer need to change your outgoing mail server to Comcast, Verizon, etc when you are off campus.  Zimbra will alllow you to send mail from off campus using Outlook and Mac Mail.

This is not available in this version, but will be available in the next upgrade.

Yes, it currently has an IM feature in beta.  We will evaluate it for future use.

Yes, it fully supports iCal.

In order to archive old mail, you would use Outlook with the Zimbra connector or Mac Mail.

Squirrelmail will still exist for students.  You will still be able to login to Squirrelmail, but you will not see any of your mail so it will essentially be useless to you.   This may take place around January 2010 but we do not have a set date yet.

This is an issue that we are still addressing, but they may stay in MySJU.

Yes, you would use Outlook with the Zimbra connector on your PC/Mac Mail on your Mac and when you are away from your desktop you can login to Zimbra from the web.