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...service supplements telnet and other e-mail programs such as Eudora and Outlook, but doesn’t replace them. Coordinator of Residential Computing Kevin S. Davis ’98, a former Crimson editor, said Webmail is just another—though more convenient—option for checking e-mail...
...this day and age it’s easier to find a computer with a web brower than one with a secure telnet client,” Davis said...
Webmail works very similarly to other web-based e-mail services, such as Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail, allowing e-mail to be accessed from nearly any computer. Users need only visit the website webmail.fas.harvard.edu, logging in as they would for telnet...
...Webmail service is integrated into FAS’ current e-mail system. This means users are still able to access new mail, sent mail and mail archives through both the existing system—telnet and e-mail programs like Eudora and Outlook—and the new Webmail system. In contrast, users who access e-mail through both telnet and a program like Eudora often find messages checked through one inaccessible through the other...
FAS’ Webmail service can also handle foreign languages and downloads more easily than telnet, Davis said. But this new service may be slightly slower than telnet or other e-mail programs due to different methods of sending and receiving data...