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E-mail Technical Coordinators Meeting. Steve Siirila Jeff Williams July 9, 2009. Outages. 5/20 ~1 hour Power outage at 1 of 3 locations 5/24 ~1.5 hours Switch maint . at 2 of 3 locations 6/7 ~1.5 hours Switch maint . at 1 of 3 locations No impact on ability to send messages
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E-mail Technical Coordinators Meeting Steve Siirila Jeff Williams July 9, 2009
Outages • 5/20 ~1 hour • Power outage at 1 of 3 locations • 5/24 ~1.5 hours • Switch maint. at 2 of 3 locations • 6/7 ~1.5 hours • Switch maint. at 1 of 3 locations • No impact on ability to send messages • No outages since 6/7
E-mail Server Upgrades • Continuing to migrate IMAP/POP servers from UFS to ZFS filesystem • Ability to utilize snapshots • ZFS mirroring between sites • SAN storage reconfiguration • Balancing storage space evenly
Proposed Policy Changes • Autofile Sent Mail Monthly • Like INBOX, into folders in AutoFiled:2001.sent, 2002.sent, etc • Frees up space on fastest storage • More efficient incremental backups • Trash policy - 30 day limit • Save on space and backups • Consistent with Google Mail policy
Proposed Policy Changes • Message size limit - 25MB vs 100MB • Same as Google Mail policy • Encourages use of NetFiles / Google Docs • Improves performance • Autofiling Policies - 60 days vs 90 • Save space on fastest storage • Improves performance
Proposed Policy Changes • Outbound limit - 500-2000/day • Thwart phishers spamming from UMN • Reduce our chances of getting blocked • Increase performance for good mail • Mail checking limit - 500 times/day • Once per 10min = 144, 5min = 288, 3min = 480 times • Increase performance for well-behaved
Proposed Policy Changes • New policies would be enacted soon • Same policies as Google Mail will reduce confusion • Update on decisions at next meeting
Google Apps for the University of Minnesota • Opt-in available during Fall 2009 • Web Site http://oit.umn.edu/google-initiative/ • Direct questions to gpilot@umn.edu
Bits ‘n’ Bytes • Google Wave demo next month?
Jeff Williams jtw@umn.edu 612-625-9227 Steve Siirila sfs@umn.edu 612-626-0244 Internet Services isgroup@umn.edu ‘Till next month…