Below is the start of a thread from last year that is directly relevant to
the current discussion. Notice that:
1) The notification from ATS says very clearly that all filters that might
have existed in old.mail.msu.edu were discontinued May 11, 2009.
2) I checked my old.mail.msu.edu at the time the message was sent and found
that I had no filters anyway.
This confirms that the ancient Accept/Block entries that I see now in
webmail were brought back by mistake in the August 4 migration.
-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Chris Wolf
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:15 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MSUNAG] Incorrect Warning About Mail Filters
I just received the warning from ATS (below) that I am using filters on
old.mail.msu.edu. I did not believe that I have any filters, so I logged on
to old.mail.msu.edu to check. When I go to the Filters screen, the heading
"Existing mail filters:" is followed by an empty box, as I expected.
Have others received an incorrect warning about this? I have used filters on
MSU mail in the past, but have not had any for a couple of years. Does this
somehow cause the false warning for my account?
-----Original Message-----
From: ATS Help Desk [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:50 AM
To: Mail filter users
Subject: Filtering in MSU's Legacy E-mail Service to be Discontinued
You are receiving this e-mail because you have been identified as someone
using filters on MSU's legacy e-mail service, old.mail.msu.edu.
On Monday, May 11, 2009, filters that were set up in the legacy e-mail
service, old.mail.msu.edu, will be discontinued. Please read knowledgebase
article 11545 at help.msu.edu -
http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=11545 - "Impending Elimination of
old.mail.msu.edu Filtering."
* If you are using an e-mail client such as Outlook, Eudora,
Thunderbird, etc., and would like filters set up in your client,
please follow instructions listed under the help function within
the e-mail client you use.
* If you use filters to automatically process your incoming mail to
folders and/or use the Web interface at mail.msu.edu, please
follow instructions listed at help.msu.edu, knowledge base article
11172 "How to I set up filters in the mail.msu.edu Web Interface"
http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=11172
If you would like assistance, please call the ATS Help Desk at
(517) 432-6200 or contact your local IT support person.
