A quick update to this. First of all, each of the divisional “-all” list now has an even easier shortcut. Just [email protected]. Secondly, by and large, the only lists you should generally use are [email protected]. You might want the “-employees” list for things dealing specifically with Argonne administrative issues like Dayforce that non-employees don’t need …

Hi, everybody. With the advent of new divisions in CELS it seems an opportune time to address an issue we’ve had in CELS for some time – consistent methods of communications among the divisions and their employees with mailing lists. Each division had its own standards, some had automatic lists built from HR/Workday, some were …

We have run into a small issue while performing maintenance on https://gitlab.cels.anl.gov and services may not be available until after the announced window. We will send a final email when updates are completed for that service. Maintenance of https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov is complete and services are restored.

Beginning work to update our GitLab services at https://gitlab.cels.anl.gov and https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov Services will be disrupted during this maintenance window. Service is expected to be restored by 13:00 CST and may be available sooner than that. We will send a followup email upon completion of the work.

Some of you may have been using smtp.anl.gov to send mail from offsite providers (such as Google, for instance). Since the switch to Office365, that service has been deprecated, and on Monday it was retired. You’ll need to update your mail server to use the O365 servers. See anl-username, and your password is your Argonne …

A maintenance window of our GitLab services has been planned for Wednesday 2018-04-04 from 12:00 to 13:00 in order to update the software. GitLab services provided by gitlab.cels.anl.gov and xgitlab.cels.anl.gov will be unavailable during maintenance. Service is expected to be restored by 13:00 on 2018-04-04, and may be available sooner than that. If this window …

http access has been re-enabled. CELS/MCS linux users, please visit /mcs/ftp.mcs.anl.gov from any green workstation or login node and look at files you may own. There are files from the 90s in there that may be perfectly valid, but it would be nice to make sure you’re aware of what you’re publishing to the world. …

The FTP server is back online. Incoming anonymous FTP uploads have been disabled. If this is a feature you need to make use of, please let us know at help and we’ll help you find alternatives (such as scp or Box). HTTP access to the ftp directory is still off for the time being while …

We’ve had to take ftp.mcs.anl.gov offline due to a cyber incident. We’ll send more when it’s back online, no ETA at this time. — Craig

Hey, folks! First of all, Happy Spring! Okay, I know it doesn’t feel that way yet, but we’re getting there. Hang in there. Anyway, now that we’ve done the required small talk as outlined in the human interaction manual that my handlers insist I read, I need to remind you all about the importance of …