IMAP to Exchange MigrationWe are working through the IMAP-to-Exchange migration phase of MUSC's e-mail consolidation project. For information on how to use your new system, please see the Exchange information site. Beware: in cyberspace, sharks go 'phishing'A recent attack from foreign shores reminds us there’s no safe harbor from today’s pirates. Wireless ComputingWe've come to expect a lot from computers. Beautiful graphics, great sound, answers to our questions at our fingertips. They're take-anywhere, do-anything genies with lightning response times. There are times, however, when the performance can't keep up with the promise—wireless computing. (More) IT Strategic PlanFor 2006-2009 is available for viewing in PDF format. Web sites being improved to assist people with disabilities
Scrub away your troubles: wipe that hard disk clean.You wouldn’t leave a patient’s file on a cafeteria table and walk away, would you? And you wouldn’t leave an employee’s personnel file in a waiting room, right? Is there any way you’d entrust your proprietary research data to a stranger on the street? Or leave your pay stub in the lunchroom over the weekend? Well, sending your computer to surplus with the hard drive intact amounts to these same things. <More> Phishy e-mails?E-mail phishing has become quite prominent in recent months. You've likely been the victim of such an e-mail. You receive an unsolicited e-mail from a company you've heard of (eBay, Bank X, PayPal, etc.), with a message that indicates you need to verify or update your account information. This scam takes its users to a site (not associated with the named enterprise) in order to steal personal information.More Information (links will take you off-site):
Block that Spam!To help filter spam being sent to MUSC, our the e-mail server rejects messages from servers listed on the Not Just Another Bogus List (NJABL) blacklist. If mail is blocked from a server on this list, the sender will receive the following error, "Domain identified as source of spam." If you have concerns about legitmate mail being blocked, please contact the MUSC postmaster. Please include all information you have regarding the intended recipient and any error messages you may have received.Don't be a space hogThe technical team charged with preserving, protecting, and defending the limited common file storage space for more than 9,000 computer users fights a daily battle of the bloat trying to monitor this space for inappropriate or excessively large files. Read the Catalyst article. The heat is on youIf you put copyrighted material (movies, music, photos, etc.) on your homeroom or hard drive and share them with others, MUSC will get a nasty legal note and you will wind up in hot water. Read the Catalyst article. |
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