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https://state-mail.com/ -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Troy Murray Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Let's break this down I agree that it would be interesting to see the updated numbers. I've seen some students using that alternative web interface someone created to talk with mail.msu.edu. The State News did an article on it last year or so, forget exactly when and I forget the address. I seem to recall that it worked liked a web based IMAP client. -t On 10/2/09 11:57 AM, "David McFarlane" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for the numbers, I hope we get more. Just on that point, I > don't think the issue is whether or not forwarding exactly exceeds > 50%, just whether this affects a substantial enough number of > people. I would think 20% plenty substantial enough. > > -- dkm > > > At 10/2/2009 11:43 AM Friday, you wrote: >> I am not sure about now, but the numbers I still have from 12/2006 were: >> >> 147,015 Total Account on mail.msu.edu >> 27,998 Accounts auto-forwarding >> >> So about ~20% or so, definitely not close to a majority but that was >> 3 years ago. I do know the at least roughly 2/3 of our College's >> faculty, staff and students forward their MSU email to our GroupWise >> system. Anyway we could get accurate up-to-date numbers on this >> from ATS? If for nothing else than curiosity's sake :) >> >> Stephen Bogdanski >> Information Technology Center >> College of Veterinary Medicine >> Michigan State University >> >> >>>>> "Kevin M. Carr" <[log in to unmask]> 10/2/2009 11:34 AM >>> >> >>> 3.Most people use Gmail or another provider for their e-mail. If most of >>> the MSU community doesn't use mail.msu.edu, then therefore they need an >>> obvious way to auto-forward. >> >> Can you provide any evidence that "most people" use Gmail something other >> than mail.msu.edu as their primary mail service? And most people would mean >> 50% of the all MSU faculty, staff and students. I communicate via e-mail >> with a large variety of MSU personnel and it is the rare case that someone >> is using a mail service other than mail.msu for this communication. -- Troy Murray Information Technologist II Michigan State University Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) Biomedical Research & Informatics Core (BRIC) Department 100 Conrad Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-432-4248 Fax: 517-353-9420 E-mail: [log in to unmask]