Getting and Setting Up Email Programs

Topics on this page

• Three Choices for Getting Started
• Obtaining Email Programs
• Configuring Your Email Programs
  • Desktop Email Programs for Your Computer
  • Pine on Homer, Dante, and Other Computers
• Using Other Programs

Three Choices for Getting Started

You can use any of three ways to get to your UW Email:

1. Use a browser to connect to WebPine in MyUW or at http://webpine.washington.edu

• WebPine works well for doing email when traveling, such as when you are at a conference or a cyber-cafe.
• WebPine does not work well over slow connections, such as when you connect by modem.
• WebPine allows you to save attachments directly to your local desktop computer.
• For WebPine to work properly, the browser you are using must have SSL security, cookies, and Javascript turned on.

2. Use an Email Program on your computer or phone.

• Outlook Express and PC-Pine come pre-configured in the UWICK.
• Desktop email programs have many features and options and allow you to save files onto your local computer.
• Phones can provide access to email wherever you are.

3. Use a terminal session program to connect to Pine on the Homer or Dante computers.

• Pine is a text-only email program. It cannot display graphics.
• Pine has many power features.
• Attachments cannot be saved directly to your desktop computer. A file transfer program such as SSH sftp (available in the UWICK) must be used to move the file from Homer or Dante to your local computer.
• Using a terminal session program and Pine works well on slower computers or when you have a slow connection speed, such as when using a modem.

Obtaining Email Programs

Current students, faculty, and staff can get the software they need to use UW Email in the UW Internet Connectivity Kit (UWICK). The UWICK can be purchased on CD-ROM at the UW Book Store. You can also download many of the same programs from the UWICK pages in the Software Guide. Included in the UWICK are email programs, secure terminal session ("telnet" or "ssh") programs, browsers, virus protection software, secure file transfer programs, and more.

These email programs can be used by current UW students, faculty, and staff on their own personal computers and on their UW-owned computers. They are also available in most computer labs on campus.

Configuring Your Email Programs

Microsoft Windows  Apple Unix

Email Programs

Thunderbird Mozilla's new email program	Mozilla Thunderbird 2.x instructions for Windows (Thunderbird 1.x instructions are also available) Mozilla Thunderbird instructions for Macintosh (OS X only)
Mozilla Mail Mozilla's email program	Mozilla Mail instructions for Windows Mozilla Mail instructions for Macintosh
Windows Mail Vista's email program	Configuring Windows Mail for UW Email
Outlook Express Microsoft's basic email program	Outlook Express instructions for Windows Outlook Express instructions for Macintosh (OS 8-9 only)
iPhone Mail Apple's phone	Configuring iPhone for UW Email
Macintosh OS-X Mailer A new Macintosh mailer for OS-X	Mac OS X Mail Version 1 instructions Mac OS X Mail Version 2 instructions Mac OS X Mail Version 3 instructions
PC-Pine One of the UW's Pine family of email programs	PC-Pine instructions

Pine on Homer, Dante, and Other Computers

Use a terminal session program to connect to the Homer or Dante computers to use the Pine email program.

TeraTerm A Windows terminal session program with security features to protect your password	TeraTerm, configured for use at the UW, is available in the UWICK
MacSSH A Macintosh terminal session program for Mac OS 8/9 configured for use at the UW is available in the UWICK
SSH A terminal session program for Macintosh OS-X	Comes installed with OS-X and in many Linux distributions.

Using Other Programs

Many other email-related programs are available on the market. Because of limited resources, UW Technology is can only provide limited help with products it does not support.

• Other email programs can be used but they must be capable of secure connections and work with the UW's email server system.
• Some Personal Data Assistants (PDAs) can be configured to read UW email.
• Basic information is also available for Outlook, Eudora, and Entourage.