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<p>I used Pine, which is really convenient and fast, but might make you a nerd.</p>
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<p>You get email forwarding for life, and the email address you had while a student is what you get for life. However, you lose your account shortly after graduation. So, I can tell someone to email me at <a href=“mailto:abc123@columbia.edu”>abc123@columbia.edu</a> and set it to forward to my yahoo/gmail/hotmail and receive the email there, but I can’t send from that address.</p>