This month's training schedule is now posted. There will be a special session for Outlook users offered in Smith-Hutson's Mafrige Auditorium on July 11th at 4 p.m. We now have a new Exchange server. It will be named "exchange" and will run Exchange 2000, and the old "exchng1" (running Exchange 5.5) will be removed. The web interface for this will be changing also. Please make plans to attend this session to learn about the changeover, and find out the enhancements and changes.

Web News

When you are creating a web page, be sure to test it in Internet Explorer and Netscape. 62% of our visitors are using IE and 29% are accessing our site with Netscape.

Wondering what platform people are using now? Visits to our web pages came from Windows 98 (43.1%), Windows NT (29.7%), Other (13.8%), Windows 95 (8.7%) and Macintoshes (4.3%).

Alternate ID's

A 7-digit numeric alternate ID (SamID) has been established to better protect the privacy of our faculty, staff, and students. Beginning with the recent June 10th Orientation, the new student ID's reflect the alternate number, rather than the social security number. Programs are being modified to accept this new number.

We made a change to the ssn lookup program (SAFS35R) used widely on Nell so that it would also display the new alternate ID. While making this change, we also added a display of the person's username AND their zip code so you'll now be able to get the complete mailing address within this program. There will be lots of changes to many programs in the coming weeks. The current plan is to accept either the 7-digit SamID OR the ssn in programs. While modifications are being made, you may use the SAFS35R to lookup the ssn if you only have the SamID. We'll keep you informed as modifications are made.

If you would like to get a new ID card with the alternate ID number printed on it (rather than your ssn), you may go by the Residence Life Office from 8-5 Monday thru Friday (with the exception of Orientation days!). Bring your current ID card with you.