On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:25:04AM -0500, -ray wrote:
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> Southeastern just moved student email to Google this semester. We looked
> at MS Exchange Labs also, but decided Google was a better choice.
>
> The calendaring works great although we are not using the global address
> book. And once people figure out how to use docs and it's collaboration
> features, they'll stop emailing Word documents all the time haha. We use
> the API's a lot, and did most of the integration in Python. The 7gb quota
> is nice, and most students are thrilled they can get their email on their
> iPhone now (even though they could've done it before with our POP/IMAP
> servers, we didn't have a mobile web interface). We've had a few minor
> issues, but no major outages (yet).
>
> >The worst part about it is that users of the "new" system have
> >@tigers.lsu.edu rather than @lsu.edu.
>
> We talked to LSU about their implementation, and employed the same
> technique that they and lots of other universities have done. You don't
> have to use @tigers.lsu.edu, it's just faster. If you use @lsu.edu, it
> just has to make a stop at the LSU MX mail server before getting to Gmail.
> We're setup the same. username@g.selu.edu goes straight to Google, but
> we're not telling students they MUST use @g.selu.edu.
lol - well, thanks for the informed perspective here. I wish they had
"g.lsu.edu" - that seems like a much nicer option...or even,
"faster.lsu.edu"..lol
Cheers,
Brett
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