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by JUSTIN HERBERGER
Intern News Reporter
Appalachian State University’s e-mail service for students was upgraded to a new system called ASU Webmail powered by Google.
University of North Carolina School System President Erskine Bowles’ President's Advisory Committee on Efficiency and Effectiveness (PACE) recommended universities outsource e-mail services.
Information Technology Services (ITS) also conducted a survey in the spring of 2008, which indicated students’ interest in moving towards Gmail.
The incoming class
of 2008 was the first group of students to utilize this service,
however, the ITS and the Office of Student Development worked to make
the service available to the rest of the student population during the
previous academic year.
University Chief Information Officer Jeff T. Williams said all students have now migrated to the new service.
“It has been a totally seamless transition,” he said. “Most students were already using [Gmail].”
The service features 6.6 GB of data storage, file attachment sizes of up to 20 MB and spam and virus protection.
Students’
e-mail addresses will remain in the same format,
“<username>@appstate.edu>” and students can access their
account through Appalnet.
Use of
the new e-mail service is not available to faculty and staff at this
time. ITS will consider making the service available to them at a later
date, Williams said.
Questions about the service can be directed to http://support.appstate.edu/webmail or their help desk at 262-6266.
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Have been trying for years to convince Educational leaders at Wisconsin University and Technical College systems to seriously explore the option of FREE email outsourcing.. only limited success at this point
"Outsourced e-mail: Are UW, tech schools missing a chance to save taxpayer dollars?"
http://wistechnology.com/articles/4362/
Recently www.matc.edu did switch to GOOGLE gmail !!!
Congrats again on your decision!!