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Blackberry e-mail attachments fixed

January 29th, 2010 by ekeohane

The problem with opening e-mail attachments on your Blackberry should be now fixed. We’ve tested with dozens of file types and all work properly. Please let me know if that is not the case for you.

I apologize for the interruption in this functionality. It took some time to get to the root of the problem.

Haberlin move-in

January 12th, 2010 by ekeohane

Dear faculty and staff affected by the Haberlin Move,

As you well know, Tuesday and Wednesday are the big move-in days for Harberlin Hall.  The physical moving of the offices will start at 7:00 AM each day and run all day.  ITS will be in the building for the whole of the move process.  Standard computers moved into new offices should be able to be plugged in and work as expected.  Sun stations and some special equipment may need additional help to get connected.  Phones will not work immediately in the new offices.  We will be progressively connecting them over the course of the days of the move.
If your computer cannot connect properly after the move, please contact the helpdesk (3548).  If your phone isn’t working, it should start working within one day of your move in.  If it does not, please notify the helpdesk.

January 2-3 System Work Complete

January 3rd, 2010 by ekeohane

IT work for the January 2-3 weekend is complete and systems are back to normal operations.

Semester Break system outages

December 14th, 2009 by jnoonan

Faculty, Staff, and Students,

During the semester break the College’s EMC data storage system will be replaced. This will require an outage of most systems as they are moved to the new equipment. Please note: student email will be out on 12/29, faculty and staff email will be out for periods of time on 1/2 and 1/3. The outage schedule is as follows:

December 21st
-Windows thin clients
-Web kiosk machines

December 29th
-Student Email
-Student network file access
-OneCard
-Library online catalog system
-ERes
-Ariel
-Math Radius server
-Service Desk
-Physical Plant work order system
-Web access to network files
-Master Calendar-internal version
-Groupwise access for Treos
-Nutritive Analysis

January 2nd
-All systems that require authentication
-Holy Cross websites and web applications
-Email
-Network file access and network printing
-Advance
-Brio web reporting
-Service Desk
-R25

January 3rd
-On campus internet access
-Holy Cross websites in Media Surface and Drupal
-Teagle, Catholics and Culture, and Collegium websites
-Moodle and Montserrat Moodle
-STAR
-People Soft Finance
-HR self service
-Groupwise access for Blackberrys
-Foodpro
-Wireless access
-Image Now

Systems Maintenance: Saturday November 7th

November 6th, 2009 by jnoonan

Faculty, Staff, and Students,

On Saturday, November 7th Information Technology Services staff will be performing required system updates. From 5:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. all systems that require the use of your network username and password will be unavailable while the authentication server is restarted. From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. the following systems will be intermittently unavailable:

* Moodle and Montserrat Moodle
* Advance
* Brio
* Blogs on me.holycross.edu
* Help Desk ticketing system
* Math Radius server

Bounced Email 6/25/09

June 25th, 2009 by ekeohane

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students,

Yesterday we experienced a problem with some email messages not being delivered to off campus addresses.  You will know if a message was not delivered if you received an email from HCDOMAIN.GWIA.GATEWAY with Subject: Message Status – Undeliverable.  We have resolved the problem. However, you will need to resend any of the bounced messages.

We apologize for this inconvenience. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.

Regards,

Spammers and your password

June 17th, 2009 by jpinkert
Recently, we have seen a significant increase in the amount of spam mail hitting the e-mail servers.  The reason that this occurred is because a few folks from within the community were fooled into replying to earlier spam messages, in which they provided their user name and password.  The spammers then used that information to send mail from the accounts of those users.  Information Technology Services has been in contact with the folks who have compromised accounts, and is working to get that straightened out.
This is a good time to remind everyone that ITS will never ask for you to e-mail your account information to us.  We will never request you “verify your account” via e-mail, or anything of that nature.  As a general rule, banks, credit card companies, and other online entities will also never do this.  Therefore, if you ever get a message that suggests that you should provide your account information, even if it looks like a legitimate e-mail coming from a known address, don’t do it.

System Maintenance: Saturday, May 23rd

May 22nd, 2009 by jnoonan

On Saturday, May 23rd, Information Technology Services staff will be performing required system updates.  The following is the timetable for outages:
4:30 a.m. to  5:30 a.m. ALL systems unavailable.
6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Holy Cross websites unavailable.
6 a.m. to 4 p.m. E-mail unavailable.
6 a.m. to 10 a.m. the following systems will be intermittently unavailable:
* STAR
* Network File and Print access
* Master Calendar
* Help Desk ticketing system
* Ariel
* Wikis
* Blogs
* Brio
* Macintosh Server
* Foodpro

System Maintenance: Saturday, March 21st

March 20th, 2009 by jnoonan

On Saturday March 21st the College’s internet connection will be unavailable from 6 am – 6:30 am. Faculty and staff email will be intermittently unavailable from 6 am – 10 am.

System Maintenance: Saturday, March 7th

March 5th, 2009 by jnoonan

On Saturday, March 7th, Information Technology Services staff will be performing required system updates. From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. the following systems will be intermittently unavailable: Advance, Brio, Blackboard, Ecards, Graphic Arts ordering system, Help Desk ticketing system, Media Surface websites, Master Calendar, STAR, and Online Giving.