[Infowarrior] - Yale-Mail planning didn't include IT faculty input

[Richard Forno]

Google to run Yale e-mail
New e-mail client will work like Gmail, provide more storage while  
reducing costs for Yale
The Horde e-mail server will soon be replaced by a new Google  
interface, custom-designed for Yale.

Information Technology Services administrators plan to join with  
Google Apps for Education to bring students, faculty and employees the  
Gmail e-mail service by the end of this month, said an undergraduate  
member of the Student Technology Collaborative who asked to remain  
anonymous because of ITS policy. The service, tentatively called  
“Bulldogs,” will also offer users a suite of tools for communication  
and collaboration — including Google Calendar, Google Talk and Google  
Docs. The new interface will look like the standard Gmail layout, but  
without advertisements, the student said.

The Gmail-based service will gradually replace the University’s  
current e-mail client, Horde, the student said. The incoming class of  
2014 will be the first to go directly to the new Google system, and  
current freshmen and sophomores will have to make the switch.  
Upperclassmen will have the option of keeping Horde, but the  
University plans to phase out Horde by spring of next year, the  
student said.

Planning for “Bulldogs” did not include computer science faculty,  
computer science professor Michael Fischer said, adding that he and  
his colleagues have not yet discussed the transition with ITS  
administrators.

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