On 1/29/2015 2:04 PM, Vivian Sophia wrote: > Using other clients instead of the web interface results in more extra > IT time than what it takes for the original setup.
In the administrative areas of the University I'd agree. But, it's important to remember that UC Berkeley is a university - not an insurance company. There needs to be room for a massive amount of variability and experimentation for students and researchers who choose to move away from the straight and narrow. > I have also spent huge amounts of time moving mail for people. Ugh. With IMAP there's no need to move email. That's the whole point of IMAP. > I get that people have business reasons, sometimes, for using fat mail > clients. I also see people use them for reasons like unwillingness to > learn a new way of doing things, without regard to the extra cost to the > University. If it were only this simple ... As I, and others, have said, sometimes it's a question of not wanting to give up features that we have grown accustomed to that we use daily. For example, show me how to sort my Gmail by sender, subject, or any of the other columns that Gmail shows (other than date, which, as far as I know, is the only possibility). Trying to convince a typical desktop user to move from one program to another, giving up important features simply to save the University money, is a hard argument to make. Cordially, Jon Forrest UCB (ret.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please visit the Micronet Web site: http://micronet.berkeley.edu Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and the list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. This means these messages can be viewed by (among others) your bosses, prospective employers, and people who have known you in the past.
