‘Iolani email switches to Gmail
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Victoria Kim
October 3, 2009
Filed under Features
For those in the know (i.e., those who check their ‘Iolani email account), the news that ‘Iolani is switching its e-mail server to Google should not come as a surprise.
“We were on an old version of our email program and realized it had limited functions,” Ms. Lisa Miyamoto said. “One option was to upgrade our email server to the most current version and another option was to change to a different email server.”
The school ultimately chose to switch to Google’s gmail, which provides an email service along with anti-virus and spam filtering free of charge. “We feel Google will provide current and innovative features and is committed to provide users with the best possible service,” Ms. Miyamoto said.
As Google is just providing the domain (complete with the ‘Iolani logo in the corner of the web-pages where the Google logo would normally be), ‘Iolani emails will still remain the same as opposed to becoming “@gmail.com.” However, users will also be granted access to other Google applications such as docs and sites, which can be specified to restrict access to ‘Iolani users. Although only a small amount of ‘Iolani students have used their Imail addresses in the past, Ms. Miyamoto hopes usage will increase as “teachers will be able to create Google docs and sites limited to Iolani Google users so students will have to login with their Iolani accounts to access them.” Thus, the migration to Google will serve to kill two birds with one stone, revitalizing the system if all works well.
According to the email sent out by Ms. Miyamoto to all ‘Iolani email users, the school plans to migrate all addresses and emails stored on those accounts during September 18-20. For more information on the move, students can contact Ms. Miyamoto in the I-Lab, or, for once, check their ‘Iolani email at http://email.iolani.org.
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