A phishing spam email message hit many UMKC mailboxes yesterday. The sender is listed as webmaster@umkc.edu, but this sender is spoofing a legitimate address. The subject of these emails is Account Maintenance. Continue reading ‘ALERT – New Phishing Spam Email – 05.08.2012’ »
SAN Hardware Failure and Recovery Efforts
Over the weekend, the Information Services server team responded to a storage-area network (SAN) hardware failure in one of our data centers. Some affected systems included the Blackboard login server, Remote Labs, departmental website servers, and many others. Continue reading ‘SAN Hardware Failure and Recovery Efforts’ »
How To: Set Up Voice Mail for an Employee or Department
A Unity voice mail box can be set up for individual UMKC staff and faculty members, as well as departments, as long as an Exchange email box exists for the individual/department needing voice mail. Keep reading for more information about how to set up a Unity voice mail box.
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ALERT: New Phishing Spam Email
A phishing spam email message hit many UMKC mailboxes last night. The sender is listed as violations@umkc.edu, but this is a false email address, and is not affiliated with UMKC.
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Exchange 2010 Upgrade for Faculty and Staff Mailboxes Starts December 28th
Beginning on December 28th, UMKC faculty and staff email boxes will be migrated to Microsoft Exchange 2010. We’ve put together some important information you need to know about the migration.
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Warning! Email Scam Targeting UMKC Students
Information Services has received notice that several UMKC students have taken fraudulent checks to local banks in relation to an email scam.
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IS Lab Updates
Over the last few months, Information Services has made significant improvements to student computer lab spaces on campus, as well as to the Remote Labs environment. Continue reading ‘IS Lab Updates’ »
IA Support for Student Online Learning Success
Students who are new to the online course environment may not be prepared for the differences between a face-to-face course and a class that is completely online. To assist students in making this transition as smooth as possible, staff of Information Access have created the UMKC Online Readiness Tool. Continue reading ‘IA Support for Student Online Learning Success’ »
Exchange 2010 Upgrade Coming Soon (Faculty and Staff Email)
Coming soon – Exchange 2010!
The University system is currently in the process of upgrading the Exchange email system to Microsoft Exchange 2010. Continue reading ‘Exchange 2010 Upgrade Coming Soon (Faculty and Staff Email)’ »
ForeFront Virus Warning On Campus Computers
Some on-campus computers are displaying Microsoft Forefront virus warnings today, Thursday, July 21st. These warnings are legitimate, but are false-positives, due to a new virus definition file that detects an innocuous file as a potentially harmful one. Clicking “Clean Computer” on the message is recommended.
If you have questions about the legitimacy of any virus warning message, other computer pop-up or email, please contact the UMKC IS Call Center for assistance.