Re: Gmail for students and IMAP

["Stanclift, Michael" <michael.stanclift () ROCKHURST EDU>]

I had similar experiences after switching from Live mail to Gmail. 

Michael Stanclift
Network Analyst
Rockhurst University

http://help.rockhurst.edu
(816) 501-4231

Think before you print!


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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Paul 
Keser
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Gmail for students and IMAP

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My experience was the same for my home domain account.  I also found
that the spam getting through their spam filters went from 400+/day on
Yahoo to 4-5/day on Gmail.  With no greater incidence of false positives.

YMMV...

- -PaulK

Paul Keser
Assoc. Information Security Officer
Stanford University
650.724.9051
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Stanclift, Michael wrote:
> While I have no experience with Google for student email, I’ve used
> their IMAP services for my personal account as well as their hosted
> email service for domains and the IMAP experience is very good and works
> with nearly every IMAP client I’ve thrown at it. It is also SSL
> protected on both the send and receive.
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> http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78799
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> *Michael Stanclift*
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> *Network Analyst*
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> *Rockhurst University*
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> http://help.rockhurst.edu <http://help.rockhurst.edu/>
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> (816) 501-4231
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> P*Think before you print!*
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Kamnab Keo/FS/VCU
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:39 AM
> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* [SECURITY] Gmail for students and IMAP
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> Can anybody share their experience with Gmail for student email accounts
> and IMAP access?  I am particularly interested in IMAP account
> configuration and authentication.
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> Thanks,
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> Kamnab Keo
> IT Risk Management Analyst  
> Virginia Commonwealth University
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> VCU Information Security - http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/
> Information Security News, Tips & More - http://www.twitter.com/vcuinfosec
> Information Security Best Practices -
> http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/docs/information-security-best-practices.pdf
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> Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will
> never use email to request that you reply with your password, Social
> Security number or confidential personal information.  For more details
> visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.
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