Overview of E-mail Clients and Available Support

(:cell:)Apple Mail

(:cell:)Windows Mail

(:title Overview of E-mail Clients and Available Support:)

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Individuals who need more information than contained below please contact the Information Commons Help Desk at 978-HELP. Those using a departmental Local Area Network (LAN) should consult with their LAN Administrator as to appropriate e-mail packages for their facility. LAN Administrators should contact the Network Services Group for assistance.

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(:cell:)UTSC has own mail system, refers to IC Help Desk for UTORwebmail
(:cell:)no
(:cell:)limited
(:cell:)yes (:cellnr:)UTM Help Desk Support (:cell:)yes
(:cell:)yes
(:cell:)yes
(:cell:)no
(:cell:)yes (:cellnr:)Cost (:cell:)free
(:cell:)free
(:cell:)free
(:cell:)Requires purchase of Microsoft Office
(:cell:)Comes with Mac OS X (:cellnr:)Reliability (:cell:)high
(:cell:)ok
(:cell:)poor
(:cell:)medium
(:cell:)high (:cellnr:)Speed (:cell:)fast
(:cell:)slow
(:cell:)medium
(:cell:)medium
(:cell:)fast (:cellnr:)Windows & Macintosh Clients (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cell:)Windows only (:cell:)yes (:cell:)Mac only (:cellnr:)Can access from multiple locations (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cellnr:)Browser Dependence (:cell:)none (:cell:)Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari suggested (:cell:)Requires Internet Explorer (:cell:)none (:cell:)none (:cellnr:)Concurrent access to multiple accounts or post offices (:cell:)yes (:cell:)no (:cell:)no
(:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cellnr:)Offline/ Disconnected Modes (:cell:)yes (:cell:)no (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cellnr:)Message Filtering (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cell:)no (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cellnr:)Access same address book from multiple locations (:cell:)no (:cell:)yes (:cell:)no (:cell:)yes, only with OCFO - free from UofT (:cell:)yes, only with Apple .mac account and iSync (:cellnr:)Can avoid storing Password (:cell:)yes (:cell:)no (:cell:)difficult (:cell:)yes (:cell:)yes (:cellnr:)Ease of Configuration (:cell:)10 min to configure (:cell:)no configuration required (:cell:)10 min to configure (:cell:)15 min to configure (:cell:)10 min to configure (:cellnr:)Disk space Requirements not including stored messages (:cell:)6MB; 26MB during installation (:cell:)4.9-16MB for Firefox depending on Operating System; Internet Explorer included with Windows XP (:cell:)47MB; 72MB during installation (depends on options selected) (:cell:)20MB; 35MB for installation (depends on options selected) (:cell:)Included with operating system (:cellnr:)Comes Pre-installed with Operating System (:cell:)no (:cell:)no (:cell:)yes (:cell:)no (:cell:)yes