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The University has adopted Exchange as its email server system in order to meet its requirements for email and collaboration, with Microsoft Outlook as its primary preferred corporate client.

Windows: Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003. Outlook is the preferred client as it is designed for Exchange, it provides all of the functions and features that our email system offers. Outlook is part of the Microsoft Office.

Mac: Entourage 2008. Providing slightly less functionality than Outlook but  still makes use of many of the Exchange features. This is the preferred client for Mac.

Internet Clients/Browsers: The University provides Outlook Web Access (OWA) as its internet-based client for Exchange  This provides most of the functionality of Exchange, but through a web-client instead, which can be accessed from any platform from any computer.

The Full version runs on Internet Explorer (IE) and the Light version runs on all other browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome etc). See also: Web access

 

Links

• Mailbox quotas Information on the mailbox size limits of your email
• Configuring Email client software How to configure an email client eg Outlook to use the new systems
• University email address list - also known as the Global Address List (GAL)

Support

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