You’ve Got LoboMail

One of the biggest changes that greeted stu­dents, fac­ulty and staff this semes­ter is the roll­out of Lobo­Mail, the new email and cal­en­dar­ing sys­tem based on Microsoft Exchange that will replace Web­mail and UNM GroupWise.

Lobo­Mail users will enjoy the large stor­age capac­ity, a full-featured cal­en­dar, con­ve­nient Web access and easy access from mobile devices includ­ing iPhone, Android, and Win­dows Mobile.

Lobo­Mail is the result of a three-year campus-wide ini­tia­tive led by Chief Infor­ma­tion Offi­cer Gil Gon­za­les to define needs and select a prod­uct that will pro­vide the infra­struc­ture
for effec­tive, flex­i­ble and secure com­mu­ni­ca­tion in sup­port Over the course of the ini­tia­tive, input was col­lected from fac­ulty, staff and stu­dents through­out the uni­ver­sity com­mu­nity, cul­mi­nat­ing in the selec­tion and imple­men­ta­tion of Microsoft Exchange and Office 365.

“We lis­tened to the uni­ver­sity com­mu­nity regard­ing pos­si­ble email options, needs and expec­ta­tions,” said Gon­za­les. “In response to the cam­pus com­mu­nity, the uni­ver­sity selected Microsoft Exchange. We believe this prod­uct will not only invite col­lab­o­ra­tion within the uni­ver­sity, but also out­side the cam­pus com­mu­nity and by match­ing up with other institutions.”

Stu­dent email was migrated over the sum­mer, while fac­ulty and staff email will migrate some time dur­ing this semes­ter. When stu­dents return they should check their @unm.edu email reg­u­larly for instruc­tions and updates, clean out their inbox and delete unneeded email, and save large attach­ments cur­rently in their inbox to their hard drive. Addi­tion­ally, users are instructed to not use their trash folder as a fil­ing sys­tem. The trash folder will not be migrated.

User train­ing and sup­port mate­ri­als, videos and train­ing ses­sions on Lobo­Mail will be avail­able dur­ing the semes­ter as the roll­out of the new sys­tem continues.

“This is the begin­ning of the uni­ver­sity look­ing at the inter­sec­tion of col­lab­o­ra­tion, social media and new media ser­vices for the uni­ver­sity,” Gon­za­les said.

Infor­ma­tion Tech­nolo­gies cre­ated a web­site to answer ques­tions about the new ser­vices offered by Lobo­Mail. For more infor­ma­tion, visit: Lobo­Mail.