Comments on: Gmail, Hotmail, and school email, oh my! http://jedtech.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/gmail-hotmail-and-school-email-oh-my/ The Use of Educational Technology in International Schools Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:17:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: scorpiotto@girlsandnylons http://jedtech.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/gmail-hotmail-and-school-email-oh-my/#comment-55 scorpiotto@girlsandnylons Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:17:07 +0000 http://jedtech.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-55 Do you think I am a not a non profit school so we would be looking at 50 user per year which would get rather expensive or alternatively going with the Standard version which doesn’t provide the functionality we need too? Do you think I am a not a non profit school so we would be looking at 50 user per year which would get rather expensive or alternatively going with the Standard version which doesn’t provide the functionality we need too?

]]> By: marc http://jedtech.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/gmail-hotmail-and-school-email-oh-my/#comment-48 marc Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:11:58 +0000 http://jedtech.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-48 but with hotmail, watch out for emails dissapearing for no apparent reason!! occasionally, emails between hotmail and another internet provider with an attatchment mysteriously go missing and no one knows!! there is no postmaster returned mail and the reciopient has no idea that a message was ever sent. it only happens with attatchments maybe about 5% of the time. But, it DOES happen. and it could be a CRUCIAL email... i notice that it happens from certain addresses only. and only at certain times. I have no idea why, but there is no postmaster and no one is the wiser. the sender believes the message is sent and the recipient hasnt a clue there was a mail for him/her. its just another reason to not use hotmail,,, just a shame that I opened this account 9 years ago and need to keep the address!! but with hotmail, watch out for emails dissapearing for no apparent reason!! occasionally, emails between hotmail and another internet provider with an attatchment mysteriously go missing and no one knows!! there is no postmaster returned mail and the reciopient has no idea that a message was ever sent. it only happens with attatchments maybe about 5% of the time. But, it DOES happen. and it could be a CRUCIAL email…

i notice that it happens from certain addresses only. and only at certain times. I have no idea why, but there is no postmaster and no one is the wiser. the sender believes the message is sent and the recipient hasnt a clue there was a mail for him/her.

its just another reason to not use hotmail,,, just a shame that I opened this account 9 years ago and need to keep the address!!

]]> By: edutech http://jedtech.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/gmail-hotmail-and-school-email-oh-my/#comment-4 edutech Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:28:53 +0000 http://jedtech.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-4 Hi Richard, Thanks for your comments. I wish I had the option of moving my student email accounts from locally hosted accounts to Gmail, but unfortunately, internet access is not reliable and is rather slow. Knowing that the students can still access their email accounts, even when internet access is down, is critical. Plus, we are a not a non-profit school, so we would be looking at $50/user per year, which would get rather expensive, or alternatively, going with the Standard version which doesn't provide the functionality we need. Jason Hi Richard,

Thanks for your comments.

I wish I had the option of moving my student email accounts from locally hosted accounts to Gmail, but unfortunately, internet access is not reliable and is rather slow. Knowing that the students can still access their email accounts, even when internet access is down, is critical. Plus, we are a not a non-profit school, so we would be looking at $50/user per year, which would get rather expensive, or alternatively, going with the Standard version which doesn’t provide the functionality we need.

Jason

]]> By: Richard http://jedtech.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/gmail-hotmail-and-school-email-oh-my/#comment-3 Richard Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:52:42 +0000 http://jedtech.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-3 I have migrated the mail for my personal domain to Google hosted mail, and it works great -- all the benefits of GMail on one's own domain. Some schools are considering moving all their school mail accounts to GMail. Richard I have migrated the mail for my personal domain to Google hosted mail, and it works great — all the benefits of GMail on one’s own domain. Some schools are considering moving all their school mail accounts to GMail.

Richard

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