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So how will someone change their preference after 12/22? -- +-------------------------------------------+ | Michael Surato | | College of Arts and Letters | | Michigan State University | | 320 Linton Hall | | East Lansing, MI 48824 | | Voice: (517) 353-0778 Fax: (517) 355-0159 | +-------------------------------------------+ >>> On 12/3/2008 at 9:15 AM, Leo Sell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Quoting "Michael Surato" <[log in to unmask]>: > >> My understanding from the meeting that we had recently about mail is >> that the autoforwarding would transfer. However, I cannot find where >> the forwarding is changed in the beta mail client. If it is >> implemented somewhere, could someone please point it out? If it is >> not, then I would be interested in the planned location for this >> function. > > The function is not available in beta.mail.msu.edu. The forwarding > preference can continue to be > set using the preference in the legacy system until deployment of the new > service on 12/22/08. /L > >> -- >> >> +-------------------------------------------+ >> | Michael Surato | >> | College of Arts and Letters | >> | Michigan State University | >> | 320 Linton Hall | >> | East Lansing, MI 48824 | >> | Voice: (517) 353-0778 Fax: (517) 355-0159 | >> +-------------------------------------------+ >> >>>>> On 12/3/2008 at 8:11 AM, John Gorentz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> 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 >> >> > > > > -- > Leo Sell, Academic Technology Help Desk > > Let's eschew obfuscation!