Leaving message
I just got this message from the computer services at York:
If you are leaving the University at the end of the summer term, your
computing username will be set to expire shortly after degree day in July.
For information about forwarding email, applying for an extension, etc,
please see: www.york.ac.uk/services/cserv/advice/desk/leavers.htm
If you are not leaving the University this summer, please ignore this
message.
I'm not leaving at the end of the summer term, I'm leaving three months after that - and I had to pay £120 for the privilege of continuing my registration until then. Of course, its not really relevant when I'm leaving, what's relevant is when the system thinks I'm leaving, which could well be the end of the summer term. So in essence:
1) Any email that starts "if" is poor. You have a big old database you grabbed my name out of, run a bit of a filter on it first.
2) Do not send emails saying "please ignore this message". It's the equivalent of knocking on someones door and running off.
3) How the hell do I figure out if they are going to kill my account before they actually kill it. I've been here once before (4 years ago), and despite filling in all the necessary forms, they deleted all my emails without warning.
If you are leaving the University at the end of the summer term, your
computing username will be set to expire shortly after degree day in July.
For information about forwarding email, applying for an extension, etc,
please see: www.york.ac.uk/services/cserv/advice/desk/leavers.htm
If you are not leaving the University this summer, please ignore this
message.
I'm not leaving at the end of the summer term, I'm leaving three months after that - and I had to pay £120 for the privilege of continuing my registration until then. Of course, its not really relevant when I'm leaving, what's relevant is when the system thinks I'm leaving, which could well be the end of the summer term. So in essence:
1) Any email that starts "if" is poor. You have a big old database you grabbed my name out of, run a bit of a filter on it first.
2) Do not send emails saying "please ignore this message". It's the equivalent of knocking on someones door and running off.
3) How the hell do I figure out if they are going to kill my account before they actually kill it. I've been here once before (4 years ago), and despite filling in all the necessary forms, they deleted all my emails without warning.