# General Description of the E-mail Service

DEEC provides all users - students, teaching staff and non-teaching staff - with an e-mail account.

<div id="bkmrk-the-e-mail-system-is">The e-mail system is based on the [Zimbra ](https://www.zimbra.com/open-source-email-overview/ "https://www.zimbra.com/open-source-email-overview/")system, which has the following features:</div><div id="bkmrk-">  
</div>- <div>Freedom of customer choice</div>
    - Browser – Client Zimbra AJAX
    - Cliente PC – Outlook (Online, Offline, Cached Mode), Apple Mail and iCal, Eudora, Evolution, Thunderbird/Sunbird, RSS, etc.
- <div>Self-organizing folders</div>
- <div>Fast, advanced (in messages and attachments), recordable, multi-folder searches</div>
- <div>Conversation view with multi-folder support</div>
- <div>Filters</div>
- Full schedule
- <div>Rich cross-platform web interface - browser and operating system</div>
- Ubiquitous access - anywhere, any device
- Secure access to attachments without the need for additional software
- <div>Collaborative system based on modern technologies</div>

<div id="bkmrk-the-domains-of-the-d">The domains of the different types of users are as follows:</div>- <div>Teaching and Non-Teaching Collaborators: @ deec.uc.pt</div>