Personally an email solution that does not feature web access is no solution to me...I probably use web access 50% of the time and Exchange-via-Outlook/Pop/Imap the other 50%. Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator [log in to unmask] 517-355-9200 x2569 -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matt Kolb Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:44 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MSUNAG] Outsourcing e-mail issues Check out this thread on the higher education e-mail admin list right now. There is an interesting distinction made between web-access and non-web (pop3) access to the google solution. Basically it sounds like we would have to "give" our passwords to google to make the non- web based solution work (you can navigate through the remainder of the thread, I'm just linking the OP). http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0710&L=hied- emailadmin&T=0&F=&S=&P=758 -- Matt Kolb <[log in to unmask]> Academic Computing & Network Services Michigan State University