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Documentation
Support documentation
Help Desk Form
Contact the Help Desk
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions on Google Apps for Macalester
Migration
Migrating OCS E-Mail Into Google Apps
Background
How Did We Choose Google Apps?
Help
Desk
Humanities 314
651-696-6525
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Google Apps for Macalester College
Previous postings are archived in reverse chronological order in the right-hand column, under 'Google Apps Progress.'
08/05/08, Mysterious Migration Messages
The following message was sent to everyone whose old OCS e-mail is in the
process of being migrated out of OCS and into Google EMail, as announced yesterday,
08/04/08.
As your migration proceeds, you may get some strange-looking error
messages. They are automatically generated and sent to you, the
account holder. You may safely ignore them: you do not need to do
anything. We have found that if some messages fail to migrate during a
first pass, the problem disappears on a second or successive attempt.
For this reason, we will continue the migration of your account until
all the mail has been moved. At that time, you'll get the note from
David Sisk saying "your migration is complete."
So that you'll know what to look for, the mysterious error messages
usually appear like this:
*****begin text*****
A message fetch request returned an IMAP "NO" response from the server
and was not migrated.
Please contact your IMAP administrator for details.
This message has been left on your original mail server.
IMAP information:
Folder: INBOX
UID: [number]
*****end text*****
08/04/08, Final OCS Migration Begins
It took somewhat longer than we had originally planned, but as of 5:00 PM today all e-mail in remaining Macalester
OCS accounts will begin migrating to Google EMail. Those individuals who volunteered for the first round of migration, some 'behind the scenes' folks and all those who opted out of the migration altogether will not be affected. If your account is being migrated, you should have received
the following message outlining the process:
"We will begin migrating all remaining e-mail out of OCS and into Google
Apps today, Monday August 4, starting at 5:00 PM. This migration will
affect everyone who did not volunteer to participate in the first round
of migrations or did not opt out of the migration entirely. You are
receiving this message because your account is one of those that will be
migrated.
"While your migration is underway, you will not be able to access OCS.
Your use of Google will NOT be interrupted, and you can continue to send
and receive Google e-mail normally! While your mail is migrating,
please do not delete, rename or label any of the mail that will move
from your old OCS account into your new Google account.
When your migration is complete, you will receive an e-mail message
telling you so. It may take some days to completely migrate your mail -
we hope to have this done for everyone within the week. However, the best
indicator you will have as to your migration is the message we will send
you when it is done. Don't worry if others in your office get such a
message but you do not. We will monitor the migration and act if we see
problems."
If you received this message and have questions about your migration, please
contact the ITS Help Desk, x.6525.
07/02/08, Mail Migration Status Report
We are still in the process of migrating e-mail messages from OCS to Google Apps. This is a rather laborious and time consuming procedure, and we greatly appreciate your patience in this endeavor.
If you have any questions regarding the migration, please direct them to the Help Desk (e-mail helpdesk@macalester.edu or call x6525).
Help Is Available
As we make the transition to Google Apps, some of your colleagues have
generously volunteered to assist you. They will not be able to answer
every question, but are willing to try and help. Here are their names
and buildings or areas. If you do not see a volunteer listed for your area,
please contact the ITS Help Desk, at x.6525 or helpdesk@macalester.edu.
2nd Weyerhaeuser, Tivey (x.6211)
1st Weyerhaeuser, Lloyd Cledwyn (x.6594)
Ground Weyerhaeuser, Brad Lindberg (x.6465)
Old Main, Michael Nelson (x.6761)
Carnegie, Brad Belbas (x.6887)
Humanities and Janet Wallace Fine Arts complex, Alison Sommer (x.6084)
Olin-Rice, Adam Nave (x.6016)
Athletics, Glenn Williams (x.6173)
Library, Ron Joslin (x.6522)
77 Mac, Abraham Noel (x.6436) and Kate Walker (x.6562)
Student Services offices, Jim Hoppe (x.6990)
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Google Apps Progress
Google Apps Implementation progress reports and archives
06/27/08, Google EMail and Time Zone Problem. More..
06/25/08, E-Mail Migration Update. More..
06/19/08, Further Google Calendar Orientations. More..
06/09/08, Google Email Template Class. More..
06/05/08, PDA-Google Consultation Services Now Available. More..
06/04/08, Mail Migration Status Report. More..
06/03/08, More Google Calendar Orientations. More..
05/30/08, Google Calendar Is Here! More..
05/28/08, E-Mail Migration Update. More..
05/21/08, Calendar Change Notes. More..
05/15/08, E-Mail Migration Updates. More..
05/14/08, Mail Migration Notes. More..
05/13/08, Happy New (Google) Year! More..
05/08/08, Sign Up to Migrate Your E-Mail! More..
05/02/08, May Google Orientation Sessions. More..
05/02/08, E-Mail Migration Strategy. More..
Postings before May 2008 are available here.
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