Rumors have been floating around campus about a change from IBM's Lotus Notes e-mail system to the more high tech Google mail (Gmail) accounts.
Lotus Notes users have been complaining of not having enough storage, so UDit has decided to look into a new e-mail system.
"We feel that offering students an increase in storage is advantageous for the students," said Susan McCabe, assistant CIO, financial and administrative operations and director of systems integration.
The benefits of switching will ultimately be the maximized mail storage that Gmail offers to users. The idea is still fresh, and there are still questions unanswered about the switch.
I like the article, as the author includes some opinions that are favorable both to Lotus Notes and the switch to Gmail.
Link: University of Dayton: One Students Opinion of University E-Mail (Lotus)
Link: University of Dayton Students Forwarding Their Notes Mail
Link: Flyer News: UD examines switch to Gmail
Comment posted by Chris Blatnick03/02/2010 11:49:54 AM
Homepage: http://interfacematters.com
They won't be if I can help it!!!
Comment posted by Gregg Eldred03/02/2010 12:24:56 PM
Homepage: http://www.ns-tech.com/blog/geldred.nsf
@Chris - I appreciate your enthusiasm, however keeping any messaging system in-house at the university level is challenging when you are required to provide "e-mail for life" to the students. And then factor in support of a wide range of mobile devices, disk space, and such, and I can understand the need to look elsewhere for your messaging needs. This has been a fascinating issue for me.
Comment posted by Richard Moy03/02/2010 02:17:46 PM
Gregg,
With gmail, hotmail and many others free solutions out there I do not know why a university should be providing email especially if they are provide email for life. When a student registers they should already have an email. The need to provide email for student is not necessary any more. For the staff of the university that is important. If they do not use Notes, they should consider iNotes (the real version). Having a full client may not be necessary the best so a web client is the best alternative.
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