If you want to connect to Villanova's email
server using a third-party email client (Outlook, Outlook Express,
Eudora, Thunderbird, etc.) or a hand-held device or phone, you will need
to use the settings listed in the Mail Setup box on the right.
Please note that you will not be able to utilize all of the
features of Villanova's Microsoft Exchange server if you connect to your
Villanova mailbox using a third-party email client. Therefore, while you
will be able to retrieve the mail in your Inbox (and other folders if
using an IMAP connection) using one of these clients, you will not
be able to access your other Mail folders, Contacts, Calendar, tasks,
etc.
UNIT recommends that you use Outlook Web Access
(OWA) to access your Villanova email account at all times.
Should you decide to use a third-party email client to access your
Villanova email, you will connect to your mailbox in one of two ways,
either by an IMAP or a POP3 connection. If you are given
the choice between the two, it is recommended that you use IMAP as your
connection.Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a standard protocol for
accessing e-mail from your local server. IMAP (the latest version is
IMAP4) is a client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held
for you by your Internet server. You (or your e-mail client) can view
just the heading and the sender of the letter and then decide whether to
download the mail. You can also create and manipulate folders or
mailboxes on the server, delete messages, or search for certain parts or
an entire note. IMAP requires continual access to the server during the
time that you are working with your mail.
When you connect to your mailbox using an IMAP connection, messages
deleted on your machine will also be removed from the server.
Post Office Protocol (POP3)
POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) is the most recent version
of a standard protocol for receiving e-mail. POP3 is a client/server
protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by your Internet
server. Periodically, you (or your client e-mail receiver) check your
mail-box on the server and download any mail. POP3 is built into the
Netmanage suite of Internet products and one of the most popular e-mail
products, Eudora. It's also built into the Netscape and Microsoft
Internet Explorer browsers.
It is important to understand that a POP3 connection, by default, will
download a local copy of your email to your mail client and will then
remove that email from the server, unless you tell the mail client to
"Leave a copy on the server." |
