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I can't speak for the College of Ed, but my wife is a PhD candidate in the Comm Arts department. She writes for grants all day. I asked her last night and she told me that regardless of the email system they never use email for grants. They use certified mail, fax, or telephone. Laurence Bates wrote: > In the College of Education there may be 30-40 faculty members working on 6 > or 7 figure deals at any given time. I think that it is fair to say that > they are not aware that email is not a reliable enough transaction medium > for their activities. I think that it is also fair to say that certain of > them will "significantly perturbed" if their work turns out to be > jeopardized through email delays. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Martinez [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:43 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] E-mail Issues > > Laurence, > > Firstly, the point to which you speak has never been an issue that we > have been made aware of. Secondly, I would be very afraid of doing > "major funding" strictly through email. > > How many people do you truthfully know who routinely run 7-figure deals > over email? I think your concern is placed at a higher matter that I > cannot address. The only thing I can comment on is that the greylisting > system has been in place for several months. We had the idea on the > table for several months before we wound up going live. > > Very few delays have stemmed from greylisting over the past months, but > we have done our best to see to it that they get fixed. Other delays > stem from numerous issues, our own email system not withstanding (for > example, yesterday's slowness due to problems with our NetApp). But I > have also seen problems on the sender's side, firewall issues, network > issues, and client wonkiness to boot. > > If you feel your concerns are not being met, I'm afraid you will need to > take them to some place higher than this list. I will continue to > advise against the impracticality of doing major business deals over > email without some other form of communication to be used as a backup. > I would never even buy something as little as $10 off the Internet > without knowing there was a phone number I could call in case there are > problems. > > If there are further questions anyone has about greylisting I will be > happy to do my best to answer them. It is a system that I play a large > part in because not too many of my other coworkers care to use OpenBSD. :-) > > ./brm > > > __________ NOD32 2614 (20071024) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com