Mark Keever EAS Information Systems Group June 4, 2008
Current system New system Migration to the new system Recommendations Details for Windows Details for Mac Details for UNIX/Linux Timeline Questions & Comments
Served Georgia Tech for many years Current system detractors Poor integration capability Antiquated feature set by today’s standards Dated look and feel Available connection methods Web client Desktop client
What’s in a name New Spectrum, ECC, Zimbra More storage Faculty / Staff: 5 Gbytes Student: 1 Gbyte Updated “look & feel” for web client Integration of , Contacts, & Calendar New accounts provisioned as of Jan 2008 Migration of existing accounts ongoing Must be complete by Dec 2008 Available connection methods Web client Desktop client
Zimbra Outlook w/ Zimbra Connector Outlook w/ Zimbra Connector Spectrum Mail System Spectrum Mail System Spectrum Mail System Spectrum Mail System Current System Transition System New System Spectrum Mail System Spectrum Mail System Zimbra Zimbra w/ Outlook Connector Zimbra w/ Outlook Connector Accesses
Eudora mail & settings transferred to Thunderbird Thunderbird configured for Zimbra Old mail uploaded to Zimbra if desired Viewable in Web Interface Mail archived locally if desired Conversion from Eudora to Zimbra
Outlook mail & settings transferred to Thunderbird Thunderbird configured for Zimbra Old mail uploaded to Zimbra if desired Viewable in Web Interface Mail archived locally if desired Conversion from Outlook to Zimbra
Windows Web client (Best Option) Thunderbird (Second Best) Outlook (Third Best) Mac Web client (Best Option) Thunderbird (Second Best) OS X Mail Linux/UNIX Web client (Best Option) Thunderbird (Second Best)
Timeline: Conversions June – August Do NOT signup for conversion until: Internet Explorer 7 has been installed Thunderbird has been installed & configured
Keep it like it is on my desktop client as an archive only It will not be able to send or receive new Convert it to Thunderbird Archive Active connection to the new system Convert it to the Web interface Space limitations apply 1Gb Student 5Gb Faculty/Staff How do we handle your old