WiscMail quota increased at no charge

As of Nov. 1, the WiscMail service has made additional e-mail storage available to WiscMail users who’ve reached 90 percent or more of their current quota, at no additional cost.

Last spring, the WiscMail service team researched options and costs for expanding quota allocations. “Though we’d been hearing that campus wants access to more free storage, in reality only 1,438 of the roughly 68,5000 WiscMail customers (about 2 percent) have surpassed their base quota allocation of 200 MB,” notes Patrick Brennan, WiscMail service manager. “Nonetheless, we are projecting future growth and so we’ve made the decision to eliminate hard quotas in favor of allowing customers to increase their storage allocation as needed.”

WiscMail customers who need more storage can take advantage of the additional capacity if/when they receive an automated message from WiscMail saying they are at 90 percent of their existing quota. The message will include instructions for increasing to the next level.

Departments using WiscMail Plus will see an approximate 25 percent decrease in their monthly storage charges due to reduced costs the WiscMail service team was able to leverage.

Another significant change that took effect Nov. 1 was an improvement to the administrative interface for both end users and WiscMail Plus domain administrators. End users will now have access to several new features, including the ability to remove unused alternate e-mail addresses (e.g., name@facstaff.wisc.edu addresses) and improved filter creation.

Domain administrators will see significantly increased performance, the ability to set and control alternate e-mail addresses, and improved daily reports and monthly billing features.