This is what I was afraid of. Putting out a major update, like the interface to set forwarding, without any time for testing of this feature is a recipe for bad things to happen. While it may work out great, my fear is that the system will have some form of show-stopping flaw that will cause major headaches. Perhaps an official reply on the implementation plan will alleviate this concern.
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>>> On 12/3/2008 at 9:40 AM, "Harper, Chris" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As I understand it, the new *interface* will have no ability to manage
> filters for forwarding and there are no plans to build one, and as such the
> legacy settings will *have* to be blown away otherwise you'd have no ability
> to manage them.
>
> Also as I understand it, it sounds like the interface for managing
> forwarding settings is still in development with a release date of 12/22, is
> my take on the info available.
>
> Christopher M. Harper
> MANAGER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
> University Relations, Michigan State University
> 401 Olds Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1047
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>
> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Chris Wolf
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Autoforwarding in the new mail system
>
> So this seems to imply that for anyone who is doing forwarding using a
> filter, his or her forwarding will stop on 12/22. Is that right?
>
> This seems to be where John's question is relevant--How is this consistent
> with the statement that users can still use the old system at
> old.mail.msu.edu? It sounds as though if they log on there, they will still
> see their old filters, but those filters will no longer be functioning. Is
> that also right?
>
> ________________________________________
> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Leo Sell
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:14 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Autoforwarding in the new mail system
> Brief response before too much confusion ensues.
>
> You will not have to re-set or re-enter your forwarding info IF you have used
> the
> mail forwarding preference in the legacy service to set the forwarding. That
> data
> will be transferred to the new service. It's supposed to be seamless to the
> end user.
>
> The FAQ has been clarified.
>
> Beyond that, the new service is really just a "new skin" on the mail
> servers. If people
> prefer to use an e-mail client, or the dept server, that's fine and dandy.
> They really
> shouldn't see any effect on POP or IMAP access. /L
>
> Quoting "John Gorentz" <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> I'm wondering how to interpret this ominous-sounding item in the FAQ
>> for the new mail system:
>>
>>> Can I still auto-forward to another e-mail service?
>>>
>>> Yes. The new e-mail service will provide an e-mail forwarding
>>> function that can be used to auto-forward all incoming e-mails,
>>> including those marked as spam, to another service or account.
>>> Documentation is being developed and will be available by the launch
>>> date.
>>
>> That makes it sound as though autoforwarding will have to be repaired
>> manually when the new mail system goes on line -- that the new system
>> won't inherit the old's autoforwarding. If so, that is going to
>> make a lot of work -- reminding people to do it, reminding people how
>> to do it, helping people get their stranded e-mail that arrives in
>> the interval between the switch to the new system and the repair to
>> autoforwarding.
>>
>> And how is this consistent with the idea that the old mail system
>> will continue to be available for 6 months after the new one is
>> turned on? I understand how that is done for the web client, but
>> what about the mail servers? Will users get to choose the moment
>> when their mail is handled by the new server?
>>
>> Maybe this would be a good time to get more of our users to switch to
>> using the mail.msu.edu system instead of our departmental one.
>> Nineteen days is rather short notice to accomplish something like
>> that, though.
>>
>> John Gorentz
>> W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
>>
>>
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