The University announced yesterday its new, revamped webmail service that will formally replace the existing system at the end of the year.
The new service, currently located at newwebmail.princeton.edu, is functional, but OIT continues to test the software.
The webmail page offers users the option of trying the new system or continuing with the old one.
The new program is part of the iPlanet Messaging Server suite that runs all of the University's email services. To upgrade to the new version, OIT had to also upgrade the University's email servers.
The new system allows users to copy messages sent from webmail to a sent folder.
The color graphic interface also incorporates a personal address book, allows users to spellcheck their emails and lets users personalize the visual look of the page.
The new system is better able to handle file attachments than the old system.
OIT said the new system allows maintenance to the webmail program without "downtime" because it allows multiple webmail servers to be running simultaneously.
Since the end of July, OIT has been testing the program and has also asked USG to help out.
"We send a big thanks to the students who did try out the new webmail," said Dan Oberst, an OIT official. "We were very pleased to hear their positive feedback and encouragement to go live as soon as possible."
Oberst said his office had not detected any slowdown in the server thus far.
OIT will formally turn off the existing system in December.
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