Penn State WebMail Users Migrated to New and Improved WebMail2 During August

Also published via Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/18761

Beginning on August 3, 2006, ITS will migrate current Penn State WebMail users to the new and improved version, WebMail2. Originally WebMail was designed as an e-mail reader for users-on-the-go. Since its creation in 2000, it has grown in popularity and is now used as a primary e-mail client throughout the entire University community, serving more than 55,000 users per day. WebMail2 is designed to meet this growing demand.

In order for the Penn State community to fully enjoy WebMail2's new and improved features, groups of users of the current WebMail service will be migrated to the new system, on a daily basis, throughout the entire month of August. The conversion will be completed by the first day of classes on September 5. Daily migrations will occur only between the hours of 1:00 and 6:00 a.m. Those who are being migrated will not be able to access e-mail via WebMail during his/her migration. Should users attempt to access WebMail during the migration time frame, detailed error messages will be in place within the WebMail client to inform users that migration is taking place for their respective accounts.

With the culmination of this effort, WebMail users will be able to enjoy a number of new features, including 500MB of fast and dedicated e-mail storage space (in addition to an original gigabyte of PASS space); a tabbed interface; filters for organizing mail and filtering spam; an enhanced message composition screen with an HTML editor and improved spell checker; and, customizable interface themes. For additional information and migration details, please visit ASET's home page and Penn State WebMail's splash screen.