Student Email Service Comparison
SAS students can choose to forward their email to any service provider of their choosing. Since there are numerous options for managing email, we've provided a chart listing some desirable features and which service providers offer these features to aid in choosing a provider.
| Feature | Penn Live | Hotmail | GMail | Yahoo | AOL |
| Ability to set from address | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Reliability of mail delivery from University contacts | High | Problems reported | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| POP access to your mail | Secure Access | - | Secure Access | - | Unsecure Access |
| IMAP access to your mail | IMAP-like functionality with Outlook | - | Secure Access | - | Unsecure Access |
| Works with mobile devices | Yes | Web View Only | Yes | Web View Only | Yes |
| Advertising | None | Yes | Minimal | Yes | Yes |