E-mail addresses in People Directory to be @ksu.edu
by R. Gould, Information Technology Assistance Center
published Jan. 17, 2006
Last week, the Faculty Senate Committee on Technology sponsored a meeting to discuss the use of "k-state"
versus "ksu" on webpages and in directories. About 36 faculty
and staff members attended. During the meeting, FSCOT requested that individual
addresses in the online K-State People Directory (previously called the White Pages)
be changed from @k-state.edu to @ksu.edu. According to Elizabeth Unger, vice
provost for academic services and technology, this will occur in
approximately three weeks. If faculty or staff have any questions
about this change, e-mail Michael North, FSCOT chair, manorth@k-state.edu.
Housing to replace 30-year-old food-service system
by B. Kuntz, Information Systems Office
published Jan. 17, 2006
The Information Systems Office (ISO) is teaming with Housing and Dining
Services (HDS) to implement a new menu-management system. The new system
will impact four dining centers on campus that serve three meals a day to nearly 4,000 students.
The new food service system is built on current
object-oriented relational database architecture and will enable housing staff
to access and update menus, recipes, and food inventory in a real-time
manner. In addition, they will also be able to
provide students in the Hotel, Restaurant, Institution Management, and Dietetics program with
access to an academic version of the new software, which will better
prepare students for systems they will use when entering the workforce.
The project team recently received a signed contract from the software vendor. On Jan. 12,
the team officially started the project by conducting a kick-off
meeting. Interested parties can follow the project team's journey via the
ISO projects website. The new
system will migrate to production in January 2007 and is expected to be
in full production mode by July 2007.
Data center's generator test successfully completed
by H. Townsend, Computing and Network Services
published Jan. 17, 2006
On Monday morning, the final step in the installation of the generator for the K-State IT Data Center
was completed. The power feed from Westar was shut off to insure the generator kicked in and provided
power to the data center. The test was successfully completed without interruption of services.
E-mail attachment problems resolved
by A. Reinhold, Computing and Network Services
published Jan. 17, 2006
Over the holiday weekend, some K-Staters began experiencing
intermittent problems with attachments.
It was caused by a technical problem that only affected WebMail users and did not affect other e-mail clients.
It was resolved at 3 p.m. today.
IT by the numbers: KATS usage
by M. Ediger, Information Systems Office
published Jan. 17, 2006
In the seven days (Jan. 5-11) before K-State classes started, the KATS system had
18,844 unique users and 83,362 KATS web sessions.
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How to set a mailing list for reply-to-owner
by B. Edwards, Computing and Network Services, and C. Rodriguez, Information Technology Assistance Center
published Jan. 17, 2006
This week, a student put their SSN in a LISTSERV message that went out to more than 200
people in a specific major. While faculty have cautioned students
in classes not to share personal information, they also decided subsequently to change the list's setting
to "reply-to-list-owners-only".
Here's the directions for changing how replies to
your list are sent:
- Go to K-State's LISTSERV web interface.
- Click on Mailing List Managment Interface.
- Log in.
- Use the drop-down menu to select a list to be managed.
- Click the Configuration button.
- Find the line that says "Reply-to=" and set it to your list's -REQUEST address, which goes to the owners.
For example, for a list named SPECIALS:
Reply-To= SPECIALS-request@listserv.ksu.edu
- Click the Update button.
If you need assistance with your list's settings, send e-mail to
listhelp@k-state.edu.
Questions? Input?
TellTuesday@k-state.edu.
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