About Blue Webmail

Blue is the original webmail service provided by ITS. If you don't need all the features Blue provides, we invited you to try our alternative webmail client, Maize.

Blue Webmail has been upgraded to IMP 4.3.5. While there are no new features, this version provides performance and stability improvements and enhanced support for Internet Explorer 8, FireFox 3.5, and Safari 4.

Features

• Provides spell checking

• Filter mail

• Search messages

• Supports multiple identities

• Allows reporting of spam to spambusters.mail.umich.edu

• Offers powerful address book supporting groups, distribution lists, and more

• Preview attachments in Compose view

• Option to not save attachments with sent mail

• Supports hot-keys

• View all messages of a thread

• Compose HTML messages with a cross-browser WYSIWYG editor

• Preview messages in mailbox view

• Set priorities for composed messages

• Supports mailing list headers

• Forward multiple messages at once

• Download attachments as a single ZIP file

• Strip individual attachments from messages

• Offers graphical emoticons and country flags in message view

• Supports many languages

ITS Documentation

• Using web.mail.umich.edu: Getting Started (S4297)

• Using SpamBox for E-Mail Spam Filtering (S4314)

• Using the Do Not Spam List to Reduce Spam (S4323)

• Using Server-Side Filters to Manage/Organize Your E-Mail (Including Accept and Block Lists) (S4325)

• Using web.mail.umich.edu: Address Book (S4330)

• Using web.mail.umich.edu: Attachments (S4331)

• Using web.mail.umich.edu: Mail Folders (S4332)

• Customizing web.mail.umich.edu: Setting Preferences with the Options Feature (S4333)

The Software Behind Blue

The e-mail software used for Blue is called IMP, which stands for Internet Messaging Program. IMP is written by the Horde Project.