The S.C. Conference is getting an email upgrade that should bring more integration, collaboration and efficiency.
On approximately Dec. 1, the conference will switch from its old server, SurgeMail, to Google Apps.
The change will impact anyone with a UMCSC.org email – including conference staff, all clergy and a host of others statewide. When the change is complete, contacts, calendar and email can all be synced. This change will offer more improved features and functions and help us be better connected.
In addition to improved sync capability, eliminate communication issues between the conference mail server and certain other mail servers, like AOL or Bellsouth. On the old email server, messages sent from an AOL or Bellsouth user were sometimes not delivered to the UMCSC.org user.
Easing the transition
Detailed information on mail server settings is coming soon and will be posted on the conference website and in the December Advocate.
In the meantime we encourage UMCSC.org email users to take a few steps to ease their transition.
- Know your username and password – and be aware that your password will need to be at least eight characters, including one number.
- If your password is currently something easily hackable, like “password” or “1234,” be prepared to select and change to a new one.
- Those who access their email through the web only (webmail), instead of downloading it to a software program like Mail or Outlook Express, will need to backup their important online email somewhere, just in case.
- Be aware that you will need to change your mail server settings and determine where and how so when the time comes, you will be ready.
More information is coming soon. For questions, call or email Jim Crews, jcrews@umcsc.org, at 803-786-9486, ext. 332 or Russ McKissick, rmckissick@umcsc.org@, at ext. 262
