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...Harvard undergraduates will receive new e-mail addresses “early next semester” as the College attempts to phase out its @fas.harvard.edu endings and current webmail interface, according to an e-mail obtained by The Crimson. The changes come as a response to what Client Technology Adviser Noah S. Selsby ’94, the author of the e-mail, called the College’s “outcry for a new e-mail system.” The message, sent to several students in campus leadership positions, states that the new system will be armed...
...Board to look at students’ e-mails for disciplinary purposes—a clear violation of even a basic student right to privacy. This year also saw mounting pressure for FAS to outsource the provision of its antiquated e-mail services to a third party. FAS Webmail continues to lack the features—such as adequate spam filters or storage—and the convenience of rivals such as Gmail, a service which more than half of Harvard students use as their primary e-mail client, according to surveys. Harvard should follow the lead of the Graduate...
...hours and a mechanism to incentivize individuals to host parties seem like good places to start.)These changes are just a few of the many small, constructive actions the administration could take that would benefit students. Extending library hours and outsourcing email (to combat the many problems posed by Webmail) may seem minor, but they have the potential to make significant impacts on the day-to-day life of undergraduates. Outside of University Hall, professors and teaching fellows (TFs) also have certain obligations they must meet in order to foster symbiotic relationships between teachers and students. Changes like promptly posting...
...turns out the lowest approval ratings in Cambridge don’t belong to George W. Bush. Instead, that honor goes to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) e-mail client, Webmail. In a recent survey, only two percent of undergraduates stated that they were very satisfied with Webmail, compared with 23 percent who reported being very dissatisfied. This widespread discontent has triggered a mass exodus from the Webmail interface to other clients, in particular Google’s free and convenient service, Gmail. In 2008, 58 percent of Harvard undergraduates used Gmail as their primary email client...
...February, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Information Technology circulated a comprehensive survey to address trends ranging from student concerns with FAS Webmail to general satisfaction with IT’s Web services. Not surprising to Client Technology Advisor Noah S. Selsby ’94, undergraduate preference for Gmail as their e-mail client has risen from 38 percent in 2007 to 58 percent in 2008.In addition to addressing Webmail concerns raised by the survey—both in terms of storage capabilities and speed—FAS IT has also been trying to address undergraduate dissatisfaction with...