IMHO Webmail Gives Darkwing/Gladstone Users a More Secure Email Option

By Joyce Winslow
jwins@oregon.uoregon.edu

Now there's a new, secure, webmail option for Gladstone and Darkwing users: IMHO Webmail. While the new product is not suggested as a replacement for all other email products, it's a good choice for new students and others who access their email from multiple locations.

(Note: While we urge everyone to become more security conscious, you certainly don't have to switch to IMHO if you're happy with the mail client you're currently using to read your email. However, if you're a new user with an account on Darkwing or Gladstone and you don't have a preference, we recommend IMHO.)

IMHO is easy to use: you won't need to make any configurations or modifications to your existing email setup, and it has a clean, understandable interface.

Getting Started. To use the new webmail system, open your web browser and go to http://email.uoregon.edu/

You'll be presented with an entry-level page (Fig. 1) that gives you the choice of logging into either Gladstone, Darkwing, or Oregon (the Oregon link takes you to the classic WebMail login page, as shown in Fig. 3).

Fig. 1. The Web Email entry page. Going to http://email.uoregon.edu in your web browser takes you to this page.

Fig. 2. The IMHO login page for Darkwing. Selecting the "Darkwing" link takes you to this page. (Selecting the "Gladstone" link takes you to an identical login page labeled "Gladstone Web Email.") After entering your username and password, you'll be presented with a page for establishing your email preferences

Fig. 3. The WebMail login page. Selecting the "Oregon" link takes you to this page.

Security Features. IMHO supports SSL session encryption and uses standard Internet protocols throughout. As it is SSL-enabled and doesn't require Java, cookies, or Javascript, it makes your email more secure.

Another Plus: Gladstone and Darkwing users can use IMHO's Web Email interface in additon to their other favorite mail clients (e.g., Eudora, Outlook) without worrying about messages being moved around as they're read. For example, if you read and save Monday's mail with IMHO, you'll be able to find all the messages you've saved if you decide to open your mail with Eudora on Tuesday.