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Spam Filtering

As of this week, all new accounts we create will have spam filtering enabled by default. Our default spam score threshold is 6.Â Any email…

May 3, 2006

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Secure.gac.edu changed

The DNS entry for secure.gac.edu which used to point to an old solaris box named Zeme has now been changed to point to our new…

Apr 27, 2006

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Mailserver Issues

At about 12:15am Tuesday morning, our email server stopped allowing people to access their inboxes.Â At about 12:50am I rebooted it, woof.gac.edu, and restored access…

Apr 25, 2006

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Thunderbird 1.5.0.2

To my surprise, Thunderbird updated its self this morning.Â Looks like 1.5.0.2 has been released with some security fixes.Â If yours does not update automatically,…

Apr 22, 2006

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UNIX Sys Admin Status Update 4-21-06 Datatel Update:Â Â The new IBM AIX server is now here and in the server room.Â The migration to the…

Apr 21, 2006

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imap.gac.edu certificate

The SSL certificate that we were using for imap.gac.edu expires this weekend.Â We have installed a new wildcard certificate ( *.gac.edu ) on our IMAP…

Apr 20, 2006

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Server Room Meltdown

Some time early this morning the air conditioning for the server room in Olin stopped working. As a result the temperature in the server room…

Apr 19, 2006

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I2 Connection Down

This morning at 7:00am central, the router our I2 connection uses in the Twin Cities was moved to a different UPS. As a result the…

Apr 18, 2006

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Firefox Update

From reading the SANS Internet Storm Center Diary, I noticed that Mozilla has relased a new update to Firefox to patch some security holes.Â At…

Apr 13, 2006

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Gustavus Webadvisor Server

This afternoon the web services team has changed the links for Webadvisor on the Gustavus home page to point to our new webadvisor server. The…

Apr 11, 2006

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