Re: [plug] why do people want webmail anyway?

[Cito Maramba]

Horatio B. Bogbindero wrote:

>> do more people use web mail for a "personal" address, or to address the 
>> portability/"cybercafe" issue?
>> 
> to address the travelling professor issue. if a prof or instructor from
> the ateneo travels on a conference or goes abroad to study he/she would
> want to check his/her email from that location. webmail enables these
> people to check their mail anywhere with an internet connection and a web
> browser.
>  

This is exactly what I am using our IMP setup in UP College of Medicine  
/ UP Manila for, whilst I am here in the UK.
Another advantage that we've found is that we can use the opening page 
for announcements / news etc for our users without resorting to popbull 
or something like that.

Cito

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