This page provides a quick reference to a number of the new
terms you will see being used with the new e-mail, calendaring
and collaboration service.
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POP: Setting up your email for POP will have your client download the messages to your computer and store them locally. By default POP removes the messages from the server unless you set it to leave a copy on the server.
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IMAP: If you have your client setup for IMAP it will download just the headers of your email and leave the message on the server. This allows you to check your email in multiple locations as well as maintain folders on the server.
- Exchange - The University will be using
Microsoft's Exchange Server product to provide e-mail,
calendaring and collaboration services.
- Groupware - Software providing all-in-one
functionality for e-mail, calendaring, task management,
contact management, etc. with the ability to share between
others in an organization.
- Outlook - Microsoft's desktop client for Windows
- Entourage - Microsoft's desktop client for the
Mac OS
- OWA - stands for "Outlook Web Access". This
is the tool used to access web services through a web
browser.
- OMA - stands for "Outlook Mobile Access".
This is a simplified web interface available to mobile users
with smartphones and simple web browsers.
- ActiveSync - Microsoft software tool for syncing
a Windows Mobile device
- MAPI - Messaging, or Mail, Application Program
Interface. This is primarily a term used for
Microsoft's native Outlook access.
This setup is the default Microsoft Exchange setup for Outlook access. It allows for mail, calendaring, public folders, tasks, a global address list of all exchange users as well as many sharing options to give and receive access to other Exchange users.
- RPC over HTTPS - This functionality provides a
secure mechanism for a MAPI client to connect to e-mail
services.
- Blackberry - All-in-one phone and messaging
solution provided by the company Research In Motion (RIM).
- Content Sharing - the ability to assign
permissions to any e-mail, calendar or exchange resource and
have another exchange user view it.
- Free/Busy - calendar information used to
determine when another user is available to schedule an
appointment.
- Contact Management - managing your address book
and contact lists
- Global Address List (GAL) - University wide
directory of users available through Outlook or OWA.
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