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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 >> >