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Mulberry Reaches Retirement

We will be retiring our Mulberry email server at the end of fall semester (December 31, 2009) because it no longer meets our email security requirements. Customers using Mulberry will need to convert to a different email client, such as Thunderbird, Apple Mail or Outlook.

When we rolled Mulberry out to our campus over a decade ago, in March of 1998, it offered many advantages over existing email programs (remember Pine?). It presented a graphical interface that had the look and feel of other Windows and Macintosh programs, including drag-and-drop capabilities and multiple windows. And because it ran on a server, customers could access their Mulberry email from any computer and experience the same interface.

Unfortunately, the Mulberry vendor went out of business a few years back, and development halted for Mulberry improvements and security enhancements. In the meantime, new email clients have emerged that offer more features and provide better security. ITSS has decided to invest staff time and funding to promote the newer clients, and to retire our Mulberry service.

There are several options available for email, all fully supported by ITSS systems and staff:

Windows computers:

• Thunderbird (preferred)
• Outlook
• UMD Webmail

Macintosh computers:

• Thunderbird (preferred)
• OSX Mail
• UMD Webmail

If you have questions or would like assistance with the conversion, please call our TechCenter HelpDesk (x8847).

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