Email Upgrades Planned at the University of Wyoming starting August 12, 2005 at 5 PM

(Email announcement originally sent to IT Customers on 8/4/05)

As announced on July 8th, new UW student Exchange email servers are scheduled for implementation this month. Effective August 12th at 5 p.m., email (including student Webmail) will no longer be supported on ASUWlink and existing email on ASUWlink will be moved to the UW Exchange email servers.

In conjunction with the move of ASUWlink email to Exchange, all ASUWlink users without Exchange accounts, including faculty and staff, will have new accounts created on the UWYO Windows domain, with an Exchange mailbox, which will now be the default destination for their email. These changes will not affect faculty and staff currently using Exchange for their email services.

Summary of email changes coming in August:

All students, faculty and staff who do not have an Exchange account will have one created. Current Exchange accounts will not be affected.
Users who wish to receive their email on other email servers will need to create appropriate Exchange rules to redirect email from their Exchange account to the desired address.
Any existing email on ASUWlink will be moved to the new and existing Exchange accounts.
Email services, including Webmail, will no longer be supported on ASUWlink. A similar service, Outlook Web Access for Exchange, will be available to all users. The URL for OWA is http://uwmail.uwyo.edu
Those who use IMAP email clients (instead of Outlook) may require minor configuration changes; however IMAP email clients currently used with ASUWlink are expected to function with Exchange.

Implementation of the new email services will begin Friday, August 12, at 5 p.m. Exchange accounts will be created Friday evening and users can begin using their Exchange accounts as soon as they exist. The migration of email from ASUWlink to the Exchange servers will continue throughout the weekend. Exchange email services will be available continuously for current Exchange users.

For more information see www.uwyo.edu/ASKIT/displaydoc.asp?askitdocid=460&parentid=1 - or contact your User Consultant, the IT Help Desk, (307) 766-4357, Option 1 or send an email to userhelp@uwyo.edu.

– Information Technology