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CENTRAL E-MAIL SERVER UPGRADES
Internet Services has completed upgrading 3 of the central
e-mail servers with new FiberChannel disk arrays and are pleased
with the results. Bottlenecks have been eliminated, which
has greatly improved performance.
UPDATE: SPAM CONTROLS
Spam controls are still working hard! They are blocking 45%
of all e-mail coming from outside the U as spam.
VIEW YOUR BLOCKED E-MAIL LIST
You can see a list of spam that was blocked before it reached
your inbox by selecting the "Show Blocked Incoming Mail"
option available from your personalized Internet Account Options
page. You can access this option in many ways, such as: [MORE]
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TELEPHONE SWITCH UPGRADE
NTS has upgraded the telephone switch to the latest software.
This new upgrade, completed on March 21, 2003, will add many
new capabilities and features to the University's telephone
system.
CALLER ID TIP
Some caller ID displays on campus phones may show "unavailable"
with an incoming call, a byproduct of the latest telephone
system upgrade. If you have an ITE30 set, you can view the
telephone number associated with the incoming call by adding
this extra step: press the telephone's DSPL (display) button.
By fall, ITE12 users will also be able to use this step, but
right now the ITE12s do not have a display button. What's
going on? The ITE12 and ITE30 telephones have 2 lines for
the LCD display (equivalent to 40 characters) while the newest
set, the STE-SD, has 3 lines for incoming call display. Questions?
Problems? Dial 1-HELP: 301-4357.
MORE PHONE FEATURES COMING
Other features due soon to a telephone near you: Call Waiting
Caller ID; Anonymous Call Rejection; Caller ID Block; Remote
Call Forwarding; and Automatic Recall. We will announce the
release of these features, with full details, this summer.
UPDATE: APPLETALK, IPX
The AppleTalk and IPX protocols are now retired at several
departments and entire colleges on campus. To answer questions
and hear your concerns, one-hour information sessions are
planned across campus. Sign up to attend an April 2nd, 10th,
24th, 30th, or May 20th session at the project's web page:
http://www.umn.edu/oit/appleipx/
ON A PERSONAL NOTE
Two NTS staff have been called to active duty: Sgt. Alyssa
Peterson and Sgt. Stephen Perkins. Both are with the 134 Signal
Battalion National Guard.
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Academic and
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Computing
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SERVICE CHANGE FOR HARDWARE REPAIR
UCS will no longer offer hardware warranty, hardware repair
and UCS contract services for the U of M community. These
services will be phased out over the next few months. We regret
any inconvenience the discontinuance of these services may
cause. UCS will continue to offer software support, used computer
equipment recycling and sales, software sales, software licenses,
extended computer equipment checkout program, etc. For more
information, please see the UCS website at http://www.umn.edu/ucs/
or call 612-624-4800.
TECHMART ORDERS FOR MAC OS
Mac OS X volume licenses are available on the Apple Computer
site for departmental purchases through Techmart. Once at
the Apple Store, click on Volume Licensing along the left-hand
column. Volume purchases of OS 9 are still available if buying
100 or more licenses. To order Mac OS 9 in smaller quantities,
you must contact Apple at 1-800-800-2775. The version is 9.2.1.
Techmart: http://www.techmart.umn.edu
APRIL 4: TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY FORUM MEETING
Associate Professor Jonathan Paradise will lead a discussion
about the technological and pedagogical challenges of developing
instruction in Hebrew at the next meeting of the Digital Media
Center's forum: FRIDAY, APRIL 4, noon-1:30 pm, 314 Walter
Library. See http://dmc.umn.edu/forum/forum.shtml
ELLIOT GOES WIRELESS
By the time you read this Elliot Hall should be wireless throughout
the building. More wireless info at: http://www.umn.edu/wireless/
and http://lighthouse.micro.umn.edu/kiosk/wireless/
COFFMAN STUDENT COMPUTER FACILITY
Did you know that Windows and Macintosh computers in the Coffman
B060 computer "lab" are available to all registered
students? Students can use the Lab Reservation System (LRS)
to "check current availability" of computers in
Coffman B060: http://www.lrs.umn.edu.
To learn more about Coffman B060 and other student computer
facilities that are available to all registered students,
visit: http:// www.publabs.umn.edu
TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNING (TEL) SEMINARS
Kevin Smith will demonstrate his online modules that use humor
to teach students to perform health maintenance examinations:
WED, APRIL 9, noon-1:30 pm, 165 Peik Hall. Lindsay Shen, James
Boyd-Brent, and Marilee DesLausiers will present their virtual
museum of designed objects related to health: WED, APRIL 23,
noon-1:30 pm, 165 Peik Hall. See http://dmc.umn.edu/services/series/spring03.shtml
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