Laurence, On December 22, 2008, all incoming e-mail will be processed for spam. This will happen before forwarding occurs. Knowledge base article 10902 at help.msu.edu[1] explains this further. Katherine Ball Quoting "Laurence Bates" <[log in to unmask]>: > This appears to be a significant issue that may have been discussed earlier > but I was not aware of it. Some of our users, including myself, were > previously advised to use filtering as a way of having the MSU email system > remove as much spam as possible before forwarding the email to local college > email servers. That process has worked very well up to now but from what I > can gather, it appears that it will be removed in 19 days. If that is the > case then colleges will need to significantly beef up their spam checking > capabilities and 19 days isn't long enough notice to make that transition > seamless. > > > > Could we have the forwarding step moved to after what is named stage 7 in > the following document so that the spam checking could continue to be done > centrally as much as possible. > > > > http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=4733 > <http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=4733&service=techbase> > &service=techbase > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Brian Martinez > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:44 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Autoforwarding in the new mail system > > > > John Gorentz wrote: > >> I'm wondering how to interpret this ominous-sounding item in the FAQ for > the new mail system: > >> > > *snip* > >> 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. *more cutting* > > Users of mail.msu.edu who have set a traditional .forward will have > > their .forwards "swept up" into our database where Exim will soon read > > this type of information from. A traditional forward being the one set > > at http://mail.msu.edu/ within the 'Preferences' and the setting being > > at the bottom left. > > > > People who forward their email non-traditionally, that is in the > > non-supported method of using a Mail Filter (seen under 'Filters' on > > http://mail.msu.edu/ ) will have to correct this by going into the web > > interface and changing it over to the traditional type of .forward > > described above. This is mentioned in the question: > > > > I have a filter in the legacy service that auto-forwards my e-mail. Can > > I do the same in the new service? > > No. Please use the e-mail forwarding function to handle your > > auto-forwarding. > > > >> 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? > > The old mail system will be available at http://old.mail.msu.edu/ > > starting on December 22nd, however certain preferences/features will be > > grayed-out; namely the Filters feature and of course, the preferences. > > These items will still be accessible to the mail team should problems > > need to be filed regarding them. > >> I understand how that is done for the web client, but what about the > mail servers? > >> > > The only thing of great note that is changing is the web interface. We > > are deprecating some older front-end machines and replacing them with > > newer hardware. We are also adding to our overall total number of servers. > >> Will users get to choose the moment when their mail is handled by the > new server? > >> > > The will get to choose December 22nd, 2008 :-) > > > > > > > > ./brm - MSU Postmaster > > Katherine Ball Michigan State University ATS Communications 324 Computer Center East Lansing MI 48824 Links: ------ [1] http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=10902&service=techbase#s45712