Return-Path: announce@lists.sdsu.edu Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:23:07 -0800 (PST) From: Riny Ledgerwood Subject: E-Mail System Transition TO: All Faculty and Staff FROM: Riny Ledgerwood, Director Communications and Computer Services SUBJECT: E-Mail System Transition On Thursday, February 23, 2006 University Computer Operations will transition the existing mail.sdsu.edu e-mail system to the new Mirapoint e-mail platform. Consequently, mail.sdsu.edu will be unavailable from 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, February 23, until 8:00 A.M. on Friday, February 24. No e-mail should be lost during this transition. Please note the following: 1) On February 23, please do not make any changes to your e-mail forwarding, vacation messages, and address book on webmail.sdsu.edu. This will help ensure that we are migrating a current version of your existing settings to the new system. 2) Starting on February 24, webmail ( http://webmail.sdsu.edu ) will be available to all existing mail.sdsu.edu account holders. Currently this link points to the old webmail. If you are not currently using webmail, please wait until February 24 to access the webmail link above. 3) System-detected spam messages will no longer be delivered to your desktop. They will be stored in the "Junk Mail" folder on the mail server for 30 days from the time of arrival. For instructions on how to view the system-detected spam messages, visit http://mailinfo.sdsu.edu under the section entitled "Spam Filtering". 4) The old e-mail system will be available for one year or until February 23, 2007. For instructions on checking and/or moving e-mail messages from the old system to the new system, visit http://mailinfo.sdsu.edu under the section entitled "Access to old e-mail system". 5) Your e-mail storage capacity will be increased from 50 MB to 150 MB. For more information regarding the transition to the new e-mail system, please visit http://mailinfo.sdsu.edu . If you have questions, please e-mail workreq@mail.sdsu.edu or call the TNS Help Desk at 45261. The TNS help Desk is open from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. Riny Ledgerwood, Director Communications and Computing Services San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Dr. San Diego, CA 92182 Phone: 619-594-4952 Fax: 619-594-5642 rledgerw@mail.sdsu.edu