No More Email

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You are receiving this message because you have been identified as someone who has not taken a course at Michigan State University in two or more years.

MSU IT Services will be deactivating msu.edu e-mail accounts and AFS (Andrew File System) storage space for those who have not been students in two or more years to maintain university storage efficiencies.

Starting on June 26, 2012, your e-mail and AFS accounts are among those scheduled to be deactivated. Between now and June 26, we encourage you to go through your accounts and save or migrate any files you wish to keep.

DIRECTIONS
Directions for migrating your mail.msu.edu inbox and folders are available at http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=11524 and at http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=212.

Directions for accessing your AFS space are available at http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=2468&service.

MORE DETAILS
For further information about the MSU e-mail and AFS space deactivation process, please visit http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=15436.

If you think your accounts should not be deactivated, or if you need additional help in migrating or saving your files, please contact MSU IT Services Support (formerly ATS Help Desk) at (517) 432-6200 or through the online contact form at https://contact.cl.msu.edu/contact.php?service=consultingservices.

IT Services Support
Information Technology Services
Michigan State University

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Dear Spartan,

We have heard from some of you today that we could have done a better job giving you notice about deactivating your MSU e-mail and AFS space. You are right. We apologize for providing less than a month's notice. That's not enough time. We understand that this came suddenly and unexpectedly to some, in part because of confusion over the "Technology Guarantee" provided by Peter McPherson. For that reason, we will provide additional time before deactivating your account. This action will not be taken until Friday, August 31, 2012.

To clear up the confusion about the "Technology Guarantee," it's useful to go back to the source, a speech given by Peter McPherson in 1996 in which he stated: "MSU alumni will have affordable lifelong technological access and two post-graduate years of free e-mail access." Technology access included student NetIDs and login to StuInfo or Web Enroll. McPherson's speech is located at http://www.msu.edu/~presofc/guarantee.html.

The university needs to take this action for several reasons. Primary among them are freeing up university data storage resources and maximizing services for current students. Few of our peer institutions offer extended access to e-mail and storage accounts for the same reasons. When MSU first made the decision to provide e-mail and storage after graduation, access to these services was limited. Today, low cost or free e-mail and data storage options are abundant.

Again, we apologize for the short notice on our part, but we hope you can appreciate that we are taking steps to serve MSU students and to be fiscally responsible.

Sincerely,

Dave Gift
Vice Provost and CIO
MSU Libraries and IT Services