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Out of Office Messages

by Stacey, Craig

As many of you are probably setting out of office messages before heading out for the break, I want to make sure they work the way you (and I) expect them to work.Here’s the short version: If you can, take a moment to visit https://accounts.mcs.an…

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Mail/Zimbra Upgrade and Outage

by Stacey, Craig

On Saturday, October 30th, there will be a Zimbra outage in the morning while the service is upgraded to the newest version. This upgrade will fix a number of bugs and introduce a number of new features — we’re very excited about this upgrade. Or…

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Zimbra Update

by Stacey, Craig

Mike Rios has been working tirelessly on this issue from the start, loosing sleep and I suspect some wits, (kidding). Thanks Mike for all your work! He has just sent out an note on the current state of afairs vis a vis Zimbra, along with a link to…

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Zimbra Status Update

by Stacey, Craig

From CIS: As many of you know, the CIS Zimbra service has been “mis-behaving” since roughly 10pm on Tuesday, October 12th. The symptoms of this behavior: poor responsiveness leading to an unresponsive system – typically within 20-30 minutes of las…

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Zimbra problems

by Stacey, Craig

The Zimbra mail and calendar service is having serious service issues. Work has been going on all night, and engineers at Zimbra are helping. At this point we have no ETA on when things will be stable. More details as they emerge.

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Zimbra Outage Saturday, July 17

by Stacey, Craig

CIS will be performing an update to the Zimbra service on Saturday between 9AM and 5PM on Saturday, July 17. During this window, you will not be able to receive new mail, send mail through Zimbra, or check for mail on the server. Also, Calendars w…

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State of Systems Talk 2010

by Stacey, Craig

Here’s the talk I gave in early June on the state of systems. Alas, the video didn’t quite make it — audio was too quiet and it cut out before the end. But if you want to talk about anything you see in there, please come see me! Systems Talk 2010

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Social Networking Safety

by Stacey, Craig

Let me tell a couple of true stories of how social networking can be used to cause you and your friends harm. The first happened to a friend of mine. He’s sitting on his computer, browsing facebook, and he gets a chat request from a friend. This f…

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Mail Outage, 1/23/10, 9 AM – 2 PM.

by Stacey, Craig

Hey, folks. Just a friendly reminder that we???ll be upgrading the Zimbra mail and calendar server on Saturday. Your inbox, calendar, and webmail will not be accessible between 9AM and 2PM. No mail will be lost, only delayed during the outage window…

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