We have received reports that VCU email users have received emails with a subject of "UPGRADE YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT!!!", claiming to be from the "vcu.edu web Team", asking the recipient to email their "Email ID" and "Password". VCU's Technology Services staff will never ask you to email your password. Per VCU's Password Standard:

Passwords must be kept secret and must not be shared.

and

Passwords must not be inserted into email messages or other forms of electronic communication...

If you receive this email, or one like it, please delete it and do not respond to it.

Posted by at 10:46 AM | Permalink

The VCU Computer Center will be performing maintenance on the central server storage network on Sunday, July 20, from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. This will affect the availability of some systems such as Blackboard and ImageNow during this maintenance window. Please contact the Technology Services Help Desk should you experience any problems or for any questions at 828-2227.

Posted by at 8:00 AM | Permalink

Scheduled maintenance will be performed on the E-mail system Saturday, July 19, between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. During this maintenance window, access to e-mail may be unavailable on your primary server. Access to your e-mail via your alternate server should be available automatically when accessing through VCU Mail Anywhere, or via your alternate server using an IMAP connection or the Notes client.

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Blackboard servers will be taken down Sunday, July 20th from 8am to 10am.
The Central storage server will be down for two hours for required maintenance.
The system will be shutdown after Saturday backups complete, 8am Sunday morning.

Posted by at 12:35 PM | Permalink

The myVCU portal will be down for maintenance from 6:30am to 7:30am on Friday, July 11th, 2008.

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On Sunday, July 13, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 10:30 a.m., the UCC will be performing maintenance on the ImageNow server. ImageNow will not be available during this scheduled maintenance window.

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