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John Richards

John Richards. Email Clients Replacement Project Board 19 May 2006. Agenda. Introductions and Apologies for Absence Minutes of the last meeting Matters arising Status report Technical evaluation of webmail candidates Shortlist User evaluation process Any other business

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John Richards

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  1. John Richards Email Clients Replacement Project Board 19 May 2006

  2. Agenda • Introductions and Apologies for Absence • Minutes of the last meeting • Matters arising • Status report • Technical evaluation of webmail candidates • Shortlist • User evaluation process • Any other business • Date of next meeting

  3. Email Clients in Use (sending mail) Count of unique tuples (From address / mailer version) in sent mail between 11 April and 10 May 2006

  4. Desktop and Webmail usage Count of number of unique users between 11 April and 10 May 2006

  5. Technical Evaluation • SquirrelMail • IMP • Prayer • @Mail • XandMail • IlohaMail • Oracle Web Access • SunOne Communications Express

  6. Technical Evaluation • SquirrelMail • IMP • Prayer -Restricted use of IMAP folders • @Mail -Does not support secure IMAP • XandMail -Does not support secure IMAP • IlohaMail -Low life expectancy • Oracle Web Access -Limited IMAP support • SunOne Communications Express -No IMAP support

  7. SquirrelMail http://www.squirrelmail.org/

  8. IMP http://www.horde.org/imp/

  9. Install and test Get feedback Shortlist Evaluate Decide Release Approach Define requirements To be done for webmail and desktop Create training Create documentation Deliver training

  10. Accessibility • Legal requirement to make web-based resources accessible to all regardless of disability • University policy on web content • Lisa Gault is checking shortlist with disability forum and TechDis • Will get disabled users to evaluate

  11. User Evaluation • Evaluation versions of SquirrelMail and IMP will be set up • Users invited to evaluate and complete a survey • £10 incentive for students • In first 48 hours: 143 students and 26 staff volunteered. Now 44 staff.

  12. Evaluation Survey Factors • Appearance of user interface • Speed of user interface • Listing messages in the Inbox and other folders     • Reading messages • Composing messages • Using the Address Book • Handling attachments  

  13. Survey

  14. Plan

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