Quote :

"It's absurd that in 2008 we still only get a few hundred megabytes of storage space."

you think that's bad? we have 12MB (that's right, TWELVE FUCKING MEGABYTES) of storage on our Exchange accounts here at ******.edu

8/27/2008 8:52:32 PM

Quote :

"Why the hell wouldn't they? It sure beats the shit out of webmail "

Our email isn't "webmail" it's IMAP and thus ANY mail app can be configured to work with it. WEbmail is just the lazy man's way of getting to their email.

Exchange is not friendly to any other platform other than Windows. The linux and mac users would be screwed.

Exchange has a webmail interface too, but I personally HATE web interfaces for Email.

8/27/2008 8:54:30 PM

Exchange also has an IMAP interface so you're right back where you started.

8/27/2008 9:11:12 PM

There is something weird about Exchange's IMAP interface though.

8/27/2008 9:11:55 PM

then wtf is our mail system? yeah, it's webmail. or squirrelmail

as already stated, exchange also has imap access whether you like it or not and overall is about 100x better.. what do you like over outlook anyways?

[Edited on August 27, 2008 at 9:14 PM. Reason : asdf]

8/27/2008 9:14:01 PM

^ I'm a Mac user so I use OS X's Mail.app

Quote :

"When connecting a non-Outlook client to an Exchange mailbox the username has to be specified as DOMAIN\USERNAME\MAILBOX in the case of a POP3 configuration, or DOMAIN/USERNAME/MAILBOX in the case of IMAP."

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Connecting_POP_And_IMAP_Clients_To_MS_Exchange_Server.html

That's pretty asinine. Not to mention it requires using a proprietary protocol that requires NCSU to buy a new set of Windows servers to run, and to retrain the admins how to configure MS's proprietary software. Exchange would be a lose all around.

8/27/2008 9:25:55 PM

He's a Mac guy, so he won't be using Outlook. Then again, Apple just went and added Exchange support into their iPhones, so it's hard to understand what his issue is.

The rumor I've heard is that whatever the next e-mail "solution" is, will eventually be phased out for Exchange.

Quote :

"retrain the admins how to configure MS's proprietary software."

They're going to need to be retrained for the new system anyway. Things aren't staying as they are regardless.

8/27/2008 9:28:47 PM

Quote :

"The linux and mac users would be screwed."

heh.

8/27/2008 9:33:07 PM

I would like to know what happened with the brickyard/oracle calendar plan. The university bought campus wide accounts with oracle calendar and then never used them. Also, what does it take, or rather who should one talk to, to market an item to NCSU to purchase for student consumption?

8/27/2008 9:37:11 PM

NCSU Faculty and Staff are split across Oracle Calendar and Groupwise currently. Students, IIRC, can request an Oracle Calendar account.

8/27/2008 9:40:47 PM

^Until they roll all the Oracle Calendar accounts into Groupwise (or so the current plan says...for what little that's worth )

Quote :

"then wtf is our mail system? yeah, it's webmail. or squirrelmail "

Properly, it's Cyrus IMAP. Squirrelmail is the the web frontend.

8/27/2008 11:46:08 PM

^^^ Oracle Calendar is still around, yeah. The University has a site license for some Oracle products, the calendar suite included. Part of why it was never fully rolled out is that it's a bitch to code stuff for, and we'd like to make sure that whatever is rolled out campus-wide can be done so with automated tools. Manually creating thousands of calendar accounts wouldn't be much fun.

8/28/2008 7:04:08 AM

^ aren't the groupwise accounts being added manually anyway?

8/28/2008 8:04:33 AM

^ yup, and that's why automation would be necessary. i can't imagine manually adding thousands upon thousands of e-mail/calendar accounts for Groupwise or any other system.

8/28/2008 8:50:37 AM

100MB min for Novell - yes, that was recently increased from 50MB, and your free total was increased from 300 to 350MB. They give you 3 systems with minimum quota, plus an extra 150MB to move to the system(s) you use most.

Why so little compared to gmail etc? - They simply don't have 2+GB to allocate to each of 50,000 active accounts. Welcome to a State run institution with tight budgets that get cut by the legislature year after year.

Why won't they move to gmail? - Legal reasons. The State doesn't like the idea of private State business being conducted through a company that makes money off ads to us when using the service. On the other hand, other UNC-system schools have managed to clear a move to gmail and I hear rumors that some NCSU departments are pursuing that option in preference to being forced into GroupWise.

But you like gmail? - Then use it. Set your NCSU address to forward and don't look back. Works for me.

8/29/2008 9:38:34 AM

Whom would we contact about getting a job with OIT or comtech doing network stuff? I have my CCNA and 1yr+ exp with Cisco.

8/29/2008 11:35:44 AM

http://jobs.ncsu.edu

8/29/2008 12:08:07 PM

If you're looking for full-time employment, then ^ is spot-on. If you're looking for part-time work, then I should point out that we're not currently hiring. We do keep applications for part-time work on file, for those that are interested in doing support for Labs, ClassTech and ResNet. Our part-time job web app is available at http://webapps.ncsu.edu/pt_job_app/.

If you have specific questions about part-time employment with OIT, please PM me.

8/29/2008 9:44:11 PM

Outlook FTW

tell them to quit "discussing" shit and actually do something.

I don't care for gmail or anything like that, just give me a gig or 2 for email space, and remove send/receive size limits on emails.

afs space needs to be several gigs - 10 or so. I fill my shit up so fast it's not funny. I had to request a personal locker just so I could have enough space, but I think they only gave me like a 100 mb, after requesting 1 tb

and what the happened to my ncsu webpage? did they get rid of that service?

[Edited on August 30, 2008 at 9:07 PM. Reason : .]

8/30/2008 8:55:00 PM

Has NCSU considered space that we can pay for? If they're going to say it costs too much to give students x amount of space above what they currently have.. why not, at the very least, give an option to pay for what we want? I agree it's not the best option--but for some of us it'd be worth the price and in the end would cost NCSU nothing

edit: and quite honestly the fact that we're still counting in MB is a big sign that we're behind the times.. gmail is FREE and offers many many times the storage that NCSU has to offer--that is pretty sad

[Edited on August 30, 2008 at 9:16 PM. Reason : asdf]

8/30/2008 9:15:41 PM

^you can do that for your afs space

nvm, I'm retarded, you can purchase extra space, and allocate it to k, email, and m


https://sysnews.ncsu.edu/tools-bin/usmdb-quota

[Edited on August 30, 2008 at 9:18 PM. Reason : .]

8/30/2008 9:16:42 PM

how/where

8/30/2008 9:17:30 PM

^^^^ believe me, i'd be perfectly happy to see something definitive about e-mail. we have a new vice chancellor for information technology (VCIT, also being called our CIO) this coming week, and it's expected that he's going to provide a lot of direction in areas where leadership has been lacking.

also, what do you mean about your ncsu webpage? www4 web pages still exist.

^^^ yep, paid-for space has been around for quite a while. login to http://sysnews.ncsu.edu and click on the Quota Manager link in the left column. you'll be able to make a request for space there, as well as information about cost, etc. paid-for space is renewed on a yearly basis.

[Edited on August 30, 2008 at 9:20 PM. Reason : y'all are too fast for me ]

8/30/2008 9:19:33 PM

^well my www4 = http://www4.ncsu.edu/~wdprice3/

[Edited on August 30, 2008 at 9:22 PM. Reason : good looking post count over there]

8/30/2008 9:21:01 PM

^ most likely AFS permissions are screwed up in your directory. didn't go looking around in your space to see for sure, but that's the most likely explanation.

8/30/2008 9:24:10 PM

what should they be?

they are:

owner: rx
group: r
others: r
octals 0644

[Edited on August 30, 2008 at 9:25 PM. Reason : .]

8/30/2008 9:24:39 PM

http://www.ncsu.edu/it/essentials/web_pages/7grant_access.html

8/30/2008 9:25:59 PM

what ^ said. was about to post that very link. depending on your preference, you might want to either use the automated www setup tool (linked from that page), or poke at the permissions yourself using the step-by-step instructions.

8/30/2008 9:27:59 PM

well I don't have putty on here (is it compatible with vista), so I'm trying to change them in winscp, but it's slooooooooooooooooooooooow.

oh shit. I completely missed that automated shit. sweet. thanks

works perfectly now. except I have the wrong index file

[Edited on August 30, 2008 at 9:31 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on August 30, 2008 at 9:32 PM. Reason : .]

8/30/2008 9:29:45 PM

^ yup, putty should work just fine on Vista. not that i've tried it.

just checked on the download page for putty, it does.

[Edited on August 30, 2008 at 9:37 PM. Reason : .]

8/30/2008 9:34:03 PM

yep, just got done playing around on it. time to remember all those commands now it's been so long

8/30/2008 9:42:42 PM

The rates being charged for more user space are comical.

Quote :

" 100 MB of Disk Space for 12 Months Disk space must be purchased in multiples of 100 MB. Space is sold for per fiscal year (starting in July). Mid-year purchases will be pro-rated to the next month. $1.80 New Purchase Setup Charge All new purchases will be charged this amount in addition to the requested space charges. $20.00 Renewal Processing Charge Each renewal will be charged this amount in addition to the requested space charges. "

8/31/2008 2:38:52 AM

Quote :

"But you like gmail? - Then use it. Set your NCSU address to forward and don't look back. Works for me."

dont get why more people didnt do this

8/31/2008 7:08:50 AM

will ncsu "unblock my 425" (????) so i can send email from my mobile device?

9/1/2008 10:18:23 PM

^ to be honest, i'm not really sure what the hell you're talking about here. i saw the other thread, and the problem hasn't been explained well enough to give you the answer you need. also, we don't have anything blocked to prevent you from sending e-mail messages.

9/2/2008 2:12:58 AM

more of a resnet question, but is there any way to get HDTV signals on campus besides an indoor HDTV antenna?



and also why is NCSU cable so crappy? Some channels (usually hbo, sho) lose all audio periodically, then pick it back up in a day or so

9/3/2008 5:51:33 PM

^ actually those aren't resnet questions, since they're not network related. i'd actually ask ComTech about both of those things, since cable tv is in their realm. support@ncstate.net. i'd especially report the issues you're having with audio on those channels, since that shouldn't be happening for any good reason.

9/3/2008 6:48:33 PM

is there an ncsu pdf server or something I can send some info to and have a pdf returned?

i'm tired of fighting fpdf and the way paystubs print out makes me think there might possibly be something like this

i just want a simple way to generate a pdf `

9/3/2008 7:10:09 PM

PDF Factory Pro is what we tell everyone in E115 to use. Its on the Eos website for free

9/3/2008 7:32:04 PM

not print locally, generated off a website

9/3/2008 8:42:49 PM

^^^ yes, we install the Adobe PDF writer on all Unity lab machines, as a print driver. You should be able to go to any lab computer, File > Print any document you want into a PDF file.

9/3/2008 8:48:15 PM

can i get my email alias illuminati@ncsu.edu back?

Thanks

9/4/2008 3:39:48 PM

I have a question thats already been posted.
Why can't I use firefox? IE is seriously annoying. For the simple fact pressing Ctrl+T is way easier than having to open tweleve individual windows of IE.

I'd prefer it actually be installed on each machine, but if it must be remote can it at least work?

9/4/2008 4:02:25 PM

Uh... you can hit Ctrl + T in IE7 and it'll open a new tab.

9/4/2008 4:04:17 PM

^^^ probably not, sorry.

^^ what machines are you talking about? Firefox is installed on all Unity lab machines on campus, and likely in most other computer labs as well. If you're in a Unity lab, check for Firefox in the Novell Applications Launcher window.

9/4/2008 5:07:16 PM

can you verify if my old/expired unityID@ncsu.edu rejects any mail that hits it?

[Edited on September 4, 2008 at 5:50 PM. Reason : .]

9/4/2008 5:49:53 PM

(The lab in the basement of Nelson).
I am almost 100% sure the version of IE on the computers there doesn't have tabs(not sure what version it is...I hardly ever use IE).

Firefox is in the Novell apps there, but everytime I try to use it it takes minutes for it to load and when it finally does its not responding.

9/4/2008 6:06:22 PM

^^ i can check to see, send me a PM.

^ gotcha. well, management maintains their own labs in Nelson, and they don't really make use of the software or configuration used elsewhere on campus. you'd probably have to either ask a lab attendant for help, or look on COM's website for their IT section.

9/4/2008 7:05:31 PM

What do you have to do to get an email alias?

9/5/2008 11:06:22 AM

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