Why use Webmail instead of e-mail client software such as Windows Mail or Outlook?

CFU’s Webmail portal allows access your e-mail from any computer or handheld device connected to the Internet. Your e-mails are stored on a web-accessible server rather than on your home computer. In 2009, CFU increased the amount of Webmail storage to 7.2 gigabytes per mailbox. With this huge, free storage capacity, you can store virtually an unlimited number of e-mail messages.  

A major advantage of webmail is portability. All your e-mail is available to you from anywhere. Also, when you get a new computer or handheld, you don’t lose access to past e-mails and there is no need to set up a new e-mail account. Even if you normally access e-mail through software on your home computer, you can also use Webmail to send and receive messages when you are away from home.

In the Webmail portal, groups of related messages (series of messages and replies between a sender and recipient) are displayed on only one line. A number at the end of the subject line indicates how many related messages are grouped in that series, or thread, of e-mails. This keeps the number of entries in your inbox more manageable, and makes it easy to find all messages in an exchange on a particular topic.

Webmail users also have free use of Google Apps (applications) for live text or video chat, document creation and web-based document sharing and storage. The free Google calendar can be accessed from a phone or computer. Contacts can also be stored on the web portal, so you will never lose them when you get a new computer, cell phone or handheld device.

How to Access Webmail

Login to webmail from the CFU homepage, www.cfu.net.

What does the Webmail portal look like?