Information Services : Help Desk : Alternatives to webmail

Good news! The standard webmail (EmuMail) is only one of many ways you can access your Kalamazoo College email account. If Emumail drives you nuts, try:

SquirrelMail ~ web based access from anywhere

Pine ~ text-based access from anywhere

Mac Mail, Outlook Express, etc ~ from your own computer

What's the problem?!

When EMU webmail was first implemented, it was intended for occasional use by college community members traveling off campus. The system can handle a load of about 20 concurrent user sessions before losing stability. At some point, this interface grew much more popular than anyone had intended and the system has been overtaxed ever since.
What is Information Services doing about it?

Besides informing you of some alternatives, Information Services is very busy planning for a complete replacement of the email system at K. In addition to enhanced mail features, our new system will offer other useful organizational and collaboration tools such as calendaring and document sharing. Stay tuned!

We appreciate your patience.