To whom this may concern:I'm not sure how I would reply to this. What would you say to this? (Besides no.)
My name is Joe Someuser, and I am a senior Software Engineering student at the University of Michigan - Dearborn. I am sending this e-mail to inquire about obtaining visitor network access on the UIUC campus during the weeks of August 15 - 26, 2005. Although my primary need for visiting UIUC will to be to assist my girlfriend with moving in for her Fall study abroad semester, I would like to do some work to prepare for research that I am doing this Fall semester at the University of Michigan - Dearborn, and these tasks will require secured remote access to my school network via SSH & SFTP).
If you have any comments or questions in regards to my network access needs and the nature of my research project, please feel free to contact me. Also, upon request, I can give you contact information of professor at my university for whom I am conducting this research. Thank you for your consideration and I will look forward to your reply!
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Guest networking access
One of my work responsibilities involves getting visitors to the department network access and support during their stay. I was assigned this ticket, and laughing reassigned it to my boss (hey, I was going on vacation.) The name has been removed to protect the ignorant, and the emphasis is mine. Otherwise, I quote:
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It's better than "We have an NSF Site Review in September and we want all 120 visitors to have guest accounts."
If better means more interesting, sure. But 120 legitimate visitors for a conference isn't bad. It's the one-offs that kill me.
Well, the real problem is that they're going to have 5-10 computers, all of which will be logged on as the users from this university who already have accounts. The guest accounts are more or less to make people feel important, so I wouldn't really call it legitimate. :) But, I understand the difference between what you posted and what I posted.
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