Well, to start with, it is NOT GatorLink WebMail. GatorLink WebMail is only one way of accessing GatorLink e-mail.

GatorLink is a individual's computer identity at the University of Florida. Every applicant, student, faculty and staff member is expected to have a GatorLink username.

A GatorLink e-mail account provides a short username@ufl.edu e-mail address. Official university communications are sent to students, faculty, and staff at this e-mail address. But please bear in mind that GatorLink e-mail is NOT GatorLink WebMail. GatorLink WebMail is only one--of many--ways by which you can access your GatorLink e-mail.

GatorLink e-mail may be accessed using most e-mail programs (any "Internet Message Access Protocol" [IMAP] or "Post Office Protocol" [POP] client), including MS-Outlook/Outlook Express, Eudora, Thunderbird, Pine, and many, many others. Information on how to configure various e-mail clients for accessing GatorLink e-mail may be found in CNS document d0141, E-mail Clients at CNS. GatorLink e-mail may also be accessed via UF's GatorLink WebMail service, which is the primary subject of this document.

Your GatorLink e-mail account provides you with an INBOX in which to receive incoming messages, a few default folders to help you manage your accumulated e-mail, and the ability to create additional folders to organize saved messages according to your own preferences. There is a limit (currently 150 megabytes) of storage for all your folders, with a separate limit of 25 megabytes for your Trash folder--which may be emptied by the system administrators at any time if space is needed.

GatorLink e-mail is scanned and filtered for viruses and other "malware," prior to being delivered to your INBOX. In addition, SpamAssassin "Spam scores" are added to each message to facilitate the screening-out of junk mail. Some limited junk-mail filtering is also performed before the messages are delivered to users, to screen out the most blatant junk-mail.

The GatorLink e-mail system also allows you to send outgoing mail. You may include file-attachments with your messages; however, certain types of files will be refused by the mail system, due to their frequent use as an attack vector to compromise your computer.