Access to Mirapoint Mail Ends December 10

If you have not already migrated your email and contacts from your Mirapoint  account to your Gmail account, please do so immediately.   There will be no more access to Mirapoint after Friday, December 10, 2010. 

What's Next for Gmail?

Now that Gmail has been successfully launched, we are evaluating some other apps that can be added.  The primary candidates are DOCS and CHAT.  Keep checking this blog and the Gmail website for updates.

GMAIL is Here!

Remember to check out www.fordham.edu/gmail for any information or documentation you may need.  Information on that site is being updated as needed.

Students Please Note - If you have Questions about your Gmail Account ...

Please contact the University Help Desk:

by phone:  (718) 817-3999

by e-mail:  helpdesk@fordham.edu

Important Notice for Faculty and Staff re: Email Outages This Weekend, October 9-11

As we prepare for this weekend's migration of student email to Gmail, we want to remind all Faculty and Staff of the following:

• At 7pm on Saturday, October 9th the delivery of all messages "coming to" or "leaving from" the University will be stopped and queued up until all the migration work is completed. This means that if you inspect your email INBOX during the migration process, you will only see messages delivered as of 7pm Saturday. This will ensure that there will be no loss of email for the community during the migration of student mail to Gmail.
• The flow of email into and out of the University will resume after student migration is complete at about 5am Monday, October 11th. Depending upon the number of messages queued up during this period it may take several hours for the complete delivery of all email.
• Please be aware that there is distinct possibility that we may restore the flow of email prior to the 5am Monday time, perhaps as early as Sunday morning.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the University Help Desk:

(718) 817-3999 or via e-mail via: helpdesk@fordham.edu

New POP and IMAP settings for Lotus Notes Users

New IMAP Settings for Lotus Notes Users

Please remember to check  www.fordham.edu/gmail  for the most up-to-date information regarding Gmail.

Email address & Username:           
        Access IT ID@fordham.edu

Incoming mail (IMAP):                
         imapX.fordham.edu with SSL using Lotus Webmail Password

Outgoing mail (SMTP):
         smtp.fordham.edu with authentication using Lotus Webmail Password*

* This is a change from the previous settings

New Date Announced for Gmail!

As Fordham IT continues to work on the Gmail deployment for our students, we want to keep you informed of our progress.

• The Gmail Go-Live will take place over the weekend of October 8th - 12th. Your Fordham Gmail account will be live no later than 9AM on Tuesday October 12th.
• There will be a brief period during that weekend when e-mail services will not be available.
• Please use the time between now and the Go-Live date to review and clean up your current Mirapoint e-mail account. Any large files that are saved in your account should be transferred to our on-line storage system, MyFiles, prior to October 8th.
• Detailed instructions on transferring e-mail messages, contacts, or calendar entries from your Mirapoint account to your Gmail account will be published prior to the Go-Live date.
• Please remember the source for all important, up-to-the-minute information on Gmail deployment in addition to all documentation on moving your account can be found at: www.fordham.edu/gmail.

We will continue to update you via e-mail as plans for Go-Live are finalized.

Remember to visit the Gmail website: www.fordham.edu/gmail frequently during the next few weeks as this is your reference point for all things Gmail!

Gmail News Flash!

The Google contract has been signed. We are moving forward with Gmail implementation.

Gmail Deployment Rescheduled to Later in the Fall Semester

The planned Gmail Go-Live scheduled for this weekend, August 6th through August 8th has been rescheduled to later in the fall semester.

There are numerous concerns that we had to take into consideration prior to making the decision not to Go-Live this weekend. Most importantly, we do not to date have a signed contract with Google. This impacts our ability to offer you all the exciting features available in the Gmail environment.

We are aware that this is disappointing news to our students however we, Fordham IT have chosen to deliver the e-mail product that we promised. In order to do that we had no choice but to delay the Gmail Go-Live.

We will continue to update you via e-mail as plans for Go-Live are finalized.

Gmail Getting Closer!

The planned date for Gmail Go Live is Monday, August 9th , 2010. During the weekend of August 6th-8th there will be times when email services will not be available, but no emails will be lost.

We suggest that you review the contents of your email and clean up any unneeded messages. Any large files that you have saved can be moved to MyFiles, our online storage system.

Up-to-the-minute information regarding the deployment of Gmail can be found at www.fordham.edu/gmail.

GMail - Coming Soon to the Fordham IT Services Page!

We are preparing information that will soon be unveiled in a new GMail entry on the Fordham IT Services page. Here we will provide "Tips & Tricks", videos, and interactive presentations on how to use the features of GMail. There will also be a section on Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ),

GMail Information Overview

Fordham University has partnered with Google to provide our students with access to the powerful communication and collaboration services available under Google Apps Education Edition, which is a suite of hosted communication and collaboration applications designed for institutions of higher education.

The first phase of this implementation will be the replacement of the Student Email System, Mirapoint, with GMail in the Fall 2010 semester. Eventually we hope to provide additional features, such as online document storage.

The only applications that will be available to Fordham students in Fall 2010 will be GMail (with Contacts) and Google Calendar.
As the University’s provider of these applications, Google guarantees an uptime of 99.9 percent, in a safe and secure environment. GMail will provide larger mailboxes and allow for larger attachments to be sent and received. Students will also benefit from the power of Google Search in e-mail, access to a shared calendaring system, and support for mobile devices.

All eligible students at Fordham University will be given an email address and an electronic mailbox in the Fordham University domain within Google Apps. Current students will continue to use their existing @fordham.edu email address. Students who graduate from Fordham will keep their Fordham email address and will be able to use their electronic mailbox for life.

Students will have the same email address in GMail.

Student email addresses will remain the same when we move to GMail.  Your email address will still be AccessITID@fordham.edu.

GMail makes headlines in student newspaper

The April 22 issue of The Observer features a front page article by Laura Chang on the replacement of student email.

Students meet to discuss GMail

On April 22, we met with student representatives on both the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses to answer their questions about the upcoming move to GMail. We also solicitied their ideas for a communications campaign to the student body prior to the end of the spring term.

GMail from Google Is Coming Soon!

The decision has been made to move student email from Mirapoint to Gmail. Under our current timetable the plan is to have everything in place before the beginning of the Fall 2010 semester. Our goal is to provide all students with information regarding their new Gmail accounts prior to the end of the Spring 2010 semester. This will provide ample time for any transitions that may need to be made. Many other Universities either have already moved to Gmail or are planning moves in the near future. One of the many advantages of Gmail is that it will provide you with over 7GB of email storage. We will be posting more details as they become available, so please continue to watch this space for future developments. If you have any questions or comments you may email Student Technology Services at sts@fordham.edu.