The Technology Training Team, a computing support staff available to all

students and located in Aconda Court, is offering a new graphic-based

e-mail package called Webmail.

The new package, which was introduced to students during summer

orientation, became available for student use on Aug. 12. The new

technology allows University of Tennessee UNIX account holders to access

their e-mail from any location with Web access at h

ttp://webmail.utk.edu.

Lois Idol, Technology Training coordinator, said the new system will make

e-mail more efficient for many students.

“Webmail will enable students to use e-mail quickly and easily. It provides

a graphical interface that will enable students to create attachments and

communicate easily with faculty and staff,” she said.

The e-mail package used by most UT students before the implementation of

Webmail was PINE. There are several advantages that Webmail has over PINE.

The first is the graphical nature of the package. The new system will also

make it easier for students to

send attached files with their mail. PINE makes it difficult to send and

receive attached files.

“E-mail on campus should not depend on knowing what the other party’s

package is,” Idol said about the problems with sending attached files on

PINE.

The Webmail system is available at all UT computers with Web access. PINE

will not be done away with, and students will be able to use both packages

with the same UNIX account.

“We are excited to offer a cutting edge solution to e-mail on the

University campus,” said Jennifer Summerlin, UT technology trainer. “UT is

among the first universities to use a graphical interface.”

Idol and Summerlin are part of the team that offers help with computing

problems to all students. Idol developed “The Life Preserver” which is a

free guide to UT computing. “The Life Preserver” details all of the

computing services offered at UT, includi

ng e-mail help, classes offered, computer lab locations and Internet

navigational tips.

Due to the technology fee, computer classes are offered by the Technology

Training Team. Class topics include Internet searching, Microsoft Office

(Word, Excel and Powerpoint), and creating web pages. A list of all class

offerings and times can be found

at http://web.utk.edu/~training.