This is indeed a hobby site, and its security is unknown. David has hit on
a key aspect of my own State News response to this: ...fine line between
encouraging innovation and stifling it. A news article is not the right
place for a technical discussion. A Techbase article might be, however.
- dave
David Mulder writes:
> It sounds like a hobby as opposed to a sanctioned project with staff
> oversight.
>
> I agree with others who have said that it should not be used for official
> communication. Even though this application is interacting with MSU's
> mail server, it has similar drawbacks to GMail (and potentially a few
> more).
>
> There's a very fine line between encouraging innovation like this and
> stifling it. I think it's alright for students to use at their own risk
> (like they would with any other alternative email solution), but it would
> be nice if this was addressed in a techbase FAQ somewhere (is it?).
>
> While it's an interesting concept, I have no intention of using it.
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2007, at 9:42 AM, John Resotko wrote:
>
>> In case you didn't see the article in the State News this morning, you
>> may want to check out:
>>
>> https://state-mail.com
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://www.state-mail.com/about.php
>>
>> which is apparently a student-constructed front end replacement for the
>> current official web interface. The site is apparently using some kind
>> of cookie to store an encrypted copy of your MSU NetID and password
>> locally, in order to pass that info on to an applet which keeps you
>> connected to your mail and your AFS space. There is no information on
>> whether this is a sanctioned student project, or just a hobbiest
>> project, so use with caution. I'd be curious to hear comments from the
>> faculty/staff perspective, since many of the interface improvements are
>> geared toward student use.
>>
>> John A. Resotko
>> Head of Systems Administration
>> Michigan State University College of Law
>> 208 Law College Building
>> East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
>> email: [log in to unmask]
>> Phone: 517-432-6836
>> Fax: 517-432-6861
>>
>> Current Chairperson of the
>> MSU Network Communications Committee
>>
>
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