Equinox Email Retires on Oct. 31
Tom Andrews, Equinox server manager for the past 5 years, is also retiring at the end of the year after 10 years with the University. (Photo by: Ted Cook)
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
By: Jan Jones
Substantial performance benefits, more features, and dramatically increased email quotas are coming to the campus when Twilight, the new UNIX-based email server, takes over for Equinox on October 31. Of course, all University faculty and staff also have the option of moving from Equinox to the Exchange email server for even more benefits.
* If you choose Exchange, you get a 250-MB quota, shared calendaring, remote access, easy-to-use server-side rules to greatly reduce spam, the ability to simply connect SmartPhones™, BlackBerry™ devices and other PDAs, plus powerful collaboration features.
* If you choose Twilight, you get a 250-MB quota, remote access to a terminal shell, and the ability to use Pine and Wolfmail.
Both options work with many other email clients, as well, including Outlook, Entourage, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and Outlook Express. However, many users will prefer Exchange so they can conveniently schedule meetings with colleagues, a great time-saver, especially since approximately two-thirds of the campus already uses Exchange.
To help the campus better understand all the ramifications of this change, the Information Technology (IT) Division has put together a web page of Frequently Asked Questions (see link below). IT looks forward to improving the email experience for everyone who works at the University.
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FAQs About Equinox and Changes to Campus Email
