May 5, 2004

TO: Knoxville Area Faculty and Staff

FROM: Brice Bible, UT Interim Chief Information Officer, and Sylvia Shannon

Davis, UT Vice President for Administration and Finance

SUBJECT: Internet Connectivity for UT Retirees

We are pleased to announce the University has expanded Internet

connectivity and email account services for retirees. Effective

immediately, retirees of the University of Tennessee who are eligible for

State of Tennessee retirement benefits may apply for an Enhanced Remote

Access account, providing the retiree:

-- has local telephone connectivity to the Knoxville computing facility;

-- submits a request to Retirement and Benefits Services for such access

(the request will be verified for retiree eligibility and forwarded to the

Office of Information Technology (OIT); and

-- pays in advance on a semester basis the standard fee (approximately $10

per month) for access and maintenance; after the request is verified and

forwarded to OIT, the retiree will be informed of any fee to be paid and

the method of payment.

Also, eligible retirees may request a University email account and/or

continue use of their University email address alias of tennessee.edu or

utk.edu with email forwarded to a commercial Internet provider. This

service is available at no cost to the retiree and means an entry in the

University's directory services is maintained.

To continue these services, the retiree must adhere to the University

Acceptable Use Policy, which is posted on the web at

Retirees who wish to request any of these services may complete the

E-mail Continuation Request Form posted at

Mail the completed form to the Office of Retirement Services, 115

Conference Center Bldg., 37996-4115 or FAX to 865-974-3559.

c: Connie Baskette