I see I'm not the only one underwhelmed by the way that Baseline/DWAN/DIN is set up
I have thought about looking into why we couldn't have secondary accounts (so you can keep your Freely.IP@forces.gc.ca or Freely.IP@ArmdSch@Gagetown, or whichever so you can be tracked by admirers and enemies alike) with something along the lines of RecceSqn2TpWO@FGH@Winnipeg, so you can indeed send an email without having to find out who the 2 Tp WO in the Garry's Recce Sqn is. I have heard tell that they were going to improve (if they haven't already... I am too lazy to check) the Global address list, so you could search by position, MOC (MOS-ID now, and won't THAT be a treat to track somebody down now), etc, etc. That would be somewhat of a compromise. I'll have to check at work tomorrow.
I have had many an angry moment when dealing with Sigs/computer related issues, and have come to realize, that in many cases, the average Army.ca user has much more computer know-how than many people working down in that part of the world. I, too, have heard many lame, vague, half-baked "reasons" on why some IT policies are in place (can somebody tell me please how anybody could gain access to Protected information on a computer via a cordless mouse (or more precisely, gain access because someone was using a cordless mouse)??? We aren't allowed to use cordless peripherals because of the security implications. Give me strength...... It's not like those things have a range of 10km, and some foreign power can access my personal drive from a van with frequency scanning gear, down by the Burton Bridge: "We have accessed his account!!! He has..... Sunshine Girl photo's stored in his folder!!!! We know his weakness!! The fool!" (I don't actually have Sunshine Girl photo's in my folder, as that would breach copyright laws, and be a misuse of DND IT assets.... you can't catch me that easily!!)
My goal is to get at least one computer related issue changed/abolished/investigated in my current job (IT Tp WO for Armd School). If everybody takes up that modest challenge, we may eventually catch up to some of the Banana Republic countries that are actually using WindowsXP, OfficeXP, and other 5 year old "new" technology. Dare to dream......
Al