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I thought ATS did a very nice job getting feedback from sys admins at various IT Exchange meetings about the various options for revamping the MSU email last year, and provided a reasonably long beta test period for those who chose to participate. My feedback concerns were all addressed during that time, as I recall. Personally, I think the new UI is much easier to use, and I think the FAQ's are fine. I do provide Exchange to my units as an alternative email system, but I do have a few folks who really prefer MSU email and have me forward their email there. ~ Esther -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David McFarlane Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] A note about MSU's first e-mail system, circa 1983 -- and in 2009 Rich, >Hotmail was born circa 1997. MSU's first Webmail client was born >near that time circa 1998, written by a brilliant student, Charles >Henrich, under tutelage of Chuck Severance. Both had UIs superior >to the current <http://mail.msu.edu>mail.msu.edu. That's a matter of opinion. I found the ca. 1998 version of MSU web mail almost unusable, whereas I find the current MSU web mail actually rather useful from time to time. I hope that the current MSU e-mail team balances your dislike of their system with my liking of their system, and just call it a wash. As a dance organizer once said while she collected feedback forms from an event, she will always get complaints no matter what and so thinks she did well enough if she just gets at least as many compliments as complaints. Just my $.02. I wonder what others think. -- dkm