E-mail Recommendations

[Ernie Marinko <ernie.marinko@YALE.EDU>]

We have recently completed the upgrade of Eudora on all staff workstations 
supported by WW&DCS.   Eudora 6.2.1.2 is now our supported E-mail 
client.  Please do not install other E-mail programs such as Thunderbird on 
staff workstations.  Thunderbird is not supported by WW&DCS and security 
updates are deployed by us - installation of an unsupported email client is 
a potential security risk to the Library's workstation infrastructure.

If you are working from home (or away from the office), or need to view 
E-mail containing non-Roman characters, we recommend you use Yale WebMail 
(https://www.mail.yale.edu/).  Also use WebMail when working on reference 
and circulation desks as well as workstations with multiple users.  Pine is 
also an option for those who prefer a text-based client.  Remember that you 
need to use Secure Shell to use Pine.  Secure Shell is on all Library staff 
and public workstations and can be downloaded for home use from the ITS 
software site (http://www.yale.edu/software).

During the recent Eudora upgrades, the settings in Eudora were configured 
in order to provide the best security.  Please do not alter the settings 
unless you are requested to do so by WW&DCS.

If you have any questions, please direct them to your WW&DCS contact.




Ernie Marinko
Web, Workstation & Digital Consulting Services
432-7258