Year: 2006

  • Spam Filtering

    As of this week, all new accounts we create will have spam filtering enabled by default. Our default spam score threshold is 6.  Any email scoring higher than 6 will be automatically placed in a mailbox called Filtered_by_GAC. Filtering can be easily changed or disabled by using the email settings webpage.

  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 Update

    Mozilla has released a security update to its popular web browser, Firefox. Mozilla recommends that all users upgrade to the new version. It may or may not try to upgrade itself, but you can go to www.mozilla.com and click on the link to download the new update for Firefox. If you are a staff or…

  • GarageBand 3.0.2 Update

    GarageBand 3.0.2 Update This update was made available via Software Update for the Macintosh platform on April 24th. GarageBand 3.0.2 addresses issues with video handling, podcast exporting, and importing QuickTime markers. It also addresses a number of other minor issues. System Requirements — Mac OS X 10.3.9 — Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later —…

  • iWork ’06 v2 updates

    If you are running a copy of iWork ’06 for Mac OSX, updates for Keynote 3 and Pages 2 are available from Software Update. Keynote’s current version is 3.0.1v2. Pages’ current version is 2.0.1v2. To run Software Update on your Apple computer, please click on the blue apple in the upper left hand corner, and…

  • User Services/Library Position – HIRED

    We have great news! Jessie Twaddle has accepted the User Services/Library position and will be starting in June. He will be replacing Kathy Spexet.

  • Gustavus Homepage Concept

    Our homepage was one of the final pieces of the Gustavus Website that needed to be updated to the look-and-feel we introduced in December. We have been hard at work to create a concept that incorporates global trends, reflects our new design paradigms, addresses known information architecture issues, improves the accessibility and usability of the…

  • Directory Search Plugin Updated

    We are moving a few things around here and so the directory search plugin for Firefox needed a little updating. If you were experiencing any difficulties with it in the past week or so, worry no more. I believe that things should update automatically, but if they do not, feel free to install the directory…

  • Secure.gac.edu changed

    The DNS entry for secure.gac.edu which used to point to an old solaris box named Zeme has now been changed to point to our new webadvisor servers.  We are trying to retire Zeme and this way anyone who has a bookmark to the old webadvisor link will continue to work when our SSL certificate for…

  • Mailserver Issues

    At about 12:15am Tuesday morning, our email server stopped allowing people to access their inboxes.  At about 12:50am I rebooted it, woof.gac.edu, and restored access to email inboxes.  The real cause of the problem is still unknown.

  • Thunderbird 1.5.0.2

    To my surprise, Thunderbird updated its self this morning.  Looks like 1.5.0.2 has been released with some security fixes.  If yours does not update automatically, you should head on over to mozilla.com and grab the latest version.  For more info, take a look at the release notes.