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WiscMail vs WiscMail Plus Feature Comparison

Feature WiscMail WiscMail Plus
WebMail https://wiscmail.wisc.edu https://wiscmail.wisc.edu/mailplus
IMAP and POP wiscmail.wisc.edu wiscmail.wisc.edu
SMTP smtpauth.wiscmail.wisc.edu smtpauth.wiscmail.wisc.edu
Secure Logins (SSL) YES YES
Quota 200 MB 1 GB
Additional Storage $20/1GB/Year (Max: 3GB) $20/1GB/Year (Max: 3GB) ***
Virus Scanning YES YES
Spam Filtering YES YES
E-Mail Address * NetID@wisc.edu you_choose@some.domain.wisc.edu
Individual User Accounts YES YES
Role Based Accounts NO YES
Alias Accounts NO YES
Delegated Admin Access ** NO YES
Backups Available NO see table below
Migration Assistance NO YES (see table below)
Price No Charge see table below


* Creation of a unique domain requires departments to maintain 10 or more WiscMail Plus accounts. Departments with less than 10 accounts will be setup in our general domain using the format username@mailplus.wisc.edu.

** The Delegated Administration interface is available to departmental domain adminstrators who maintain 10 or more WiscMail Plus accounts.

*** Customers that require more than 3 gigabytes can be set to an unlimited account. The process by which an account gets set to unlimited is manual, performed by the WiscMail Plus team, and subject to review.

Three Types of WiscMail Plus Accounts

WiscMail Plus offers three types of accounts: user accounts, role-based accounts, and alias accounts.

  • User accounts are additional mailboxes for individual users. They can be used in addition to or in place of other accounts (including WiscMail accounts). Your only limitation on email address is that it is unique within your domain (ie, there can be only one userone@mydomain.wisc.edu, but there could be a usertwo@mydomain.wisc.edu as well as a userthree@mydomain.wisc.edu).

  • Role-based accounts are intended to support business functions or to serve multiple users sharing a single mailbox. They can be for a business role like feedback@mydomain.wisc.edu or a specific job like that doesn't necessarily have a single person associated, such as receptionist@mydomain.wisc.edu.

  • Alias accounts are maintained by the departmental mail administrator and are used to accept mail for legacy email addresses and forward or redirect to new WiscMail or WiscMail Plus accounts. There is no user mailbox or login access associated with an alias account. Alias accounts must forward to either a WiscMail or WiscMail Plus account. There is no charge for Alias accounts when used by qualified domains. To be qualified, your department must be using the WiscMail Plus system.

  User Account
(Second Mailbox)		 Role-Based Account Alias Account
Quota Space 1 GB 1 GB N/A
Additional Storage $20/1GB/Year
(Max: 3GB) ***		 $20/1GB/Year (Max: 3GB) *** N/A
Forwarding Address Required NO NO YES
Maximum Forwarding Addresses 5 5 1
Sponsor User Administrator User
IMAP Access YES YES NO
POP Access YES YES NO
WebMail Access YES YES NO
SMTP Access YES YES NO
Backups Available * YES YES NO
Migration Assistance ** YES YES YES
Account Cost $20 / year $20 / year No Charge

* WiscMail Plus backups are not offered by default to all domains. Accounts in the mailplus.wisc.edu domain cannot be backed up. To use backups, you must let the WiscMail Plus team know and we will work with you to develop a backup solution that meets your domain's needs.

** Migration assistance is available to all unique WiscMail Plus domains. Accounts in the mailplus.wisc.edu domain do not qualify for migration services. For an overview of the kinds of migration services typically offered by the WiscMail Plus team, read Migrating to WiscMail Plus.

*** Customers that require more than 3 gigabytes can be set to an unlimited account. The process by which an account gets set to unlimited is manual, performed by the WiscMail Plus team, and subject to review.

Account Control Using Delegated Administration

Delegated Administration is the name given to the new WiscMail Plus web interface that users and domain administrators use to create and manage their email accounts. WiscMail Plus domains can be created to give your departmental email greater definition (username@mydomain.wisc.edu). Once created, your WiscMail Plus domain and its users can be managed by the designated departmental Domain Administrator, 24 hours per day, without interaction with DoIT. However, the DoIT HelpDesk will still be able to handle certain activities such as resetting passwords if needed.