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As I understand it, the new *interface* will have no ability to manage filters for forwarding and there are no plans to build one, and as such the legacy settings will *have* to be blown away otherwise you'd have no ability to manage them. Also as I understand it, it sounds like the interface for managing forwarding settings is still in development with a release date of 12/22, is my take on the info available. Christopher M. Harper MANAGER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY University Relations, Michigan State University 401 Olds Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1047 Email: [log in to unmask] / Direct: (517) 355-9980 Web: http://ur.msu.edu / Cell: (517) 290-5496 From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Wolf Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Autoforwarding in the new mail system So this seems to imply that for anyone who is doing forwarding using a filter, his or her forwarding will stop on 12/22. Is that right? This seems to be where John's question is relevant--How is this consistent with the statement that users can still use the old system at old.mail.msu.edu? It sounds as though if they log on there, they will still see their old filters, but those filters will no longer be functioning. Is that also right? ________________________________________ From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leo Sell Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Autoforwarding in the new mail system Brief response before too much confusion ensues. You will not have to re-set or re-enter your forwarding info IF you have used the mail forwarding preference in the legacy service to set the forwarding. That data will be transferred to the new service. It's supposed to be seamless to the end user. The FAQ has been clarified. Beyond that, the new service is really just a "new skin" on the mail servers. If people prefer to use an e-mail client, or the dept server, that's fine and dandy. They really shouldn't see any effect on POP or IMAP access. /L Quoting "John Gorentz" <[log in to unmask]>: > 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!