Tuesday, February 5, 2008
This semester, students are less likely to get “mailbox full” messages in their KU e-mail inboxes.
That’s because Information Services recently increased the storage capacity from 30 megabytes to 100 megabytes.
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Last fall, the University spent $400,000 on upgrading the e-mail service.
In an e-mail sent to all students on Jan. 30, University representatives said that the increase was “intended to enhance e-mail use and enable students to more efficiently manage e-mail, attachments and related documents.”
The increase occurred on Jan. 2.
Bill Myers, director of assessment and outreach for Information Services, said the last time the University upgraded storage on student mailboxes was in 1999 when they started using the Microsoft Outlook Exchange program.
The original size of the mailboxes was 30 megabytes.
Myers also said the faculty and staff have had 500 megabyte capacity mailboxes for a while.
The faculty and staff have consistently needed more space than students, Myers said.
Because most students do not use their University account as their primary one, demand was not as high for a larger mailbox, Myers said.
“The increase in storage for students enables us to accommodate an increase in demand, should that come about,” Myers said in an e-mail.
Last fall, the University spent $400,000 on upgrading the e-mail service.
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How much can these megabyte sizes hold?
30mb
9 songs
9 pictures taken with a 7.5 megapixel camera
3,000 e-mails
120 English papers
.04 full-length movies
100mb
24 songs
66 pictures
10,0000 e-mails
400 English papers
.14 full-length movies
500mb
120 songs
330 pictures
50,0000 e-mails
2,000 English papers
.7 full-length movies
Increased storage was the improvement most noticeable to users, Myers said.
The upgrade included an improvement of hardware and software.
Students like the new capacity.
Elizabeth Ralls, Mission Hills sophomore, said the larger capacity was very convenient.
She said she spent a few days last semester trying to figure out why her inbox was full.
Someone had sent her a few pictures that she didn’t want to delete.
A further increase to 500 megabytes is planned for March.
The gradual increase helps Information Services gauge the rate of usage and helps them decide if they need to increase it even more in the future, Myers said.
Ralls said she likes the extra space and the larger increase in March may or may not be necessary.
“I’m doing well with the amount now,” Ralls said.
Kaitlin Nicholson, Lenexa sophomore, hasn’t really thought about it, but is happy she doesn’t have to delete every e-mail she gets.
“I guess it’s more convenient,” Nicholson said.
—Edited by Sasha Roe
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