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There are two systems for handling email at the University which are managed by DoIT. The new one is G-mail or Google email which is used for all new accounts that have their mail delivered to DoIT managed systems and a legacy Unix (Cyrus) service which is used for a all accounts prior to August, 2010.
Cyrus (Legacy system)
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It manages access and storage of mail messages according to accepted internet standards, allowing users to access their mail with almost any standards-compliant mail program including Webmail, Pine, Outlook, Thunderbird, or Apple Mail.
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