Subject: LTS Digest July 7, 2003 Issue
From: Helen Zuercher (hlz2@Lehigh.EDU)
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 10:05:05 EDT
LTS DIGEST -July 7, 2003 Lehigh Univ. Library and Technology Services CONTENTS: --PUBLIC COMPUTING SITE UPGRADES FOR SUMMER 2003 --NEW ELECTRONIC BOOKS IN BUSINESS, OTHER AREAS --USING LEHIGH EMAIL WITH HOME BROADBAND ACCESS --SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FLOPPIES! Subscription, archive and contact information is at the bottom of this digest. PUBLIC COMPUTING SITE UPGRADES FOR SUMMER 2003 As previously announced, the following public computing sites will be upgraded this summer: Fairchild Martindale 180 (Computing Center), Fritz Lab 605, Grace Hall 28, Mudd 464, Packard Lab 502, and Whitaker Lab 257. These sites will be closed for periods of time over the summer with the exception of Grace Hall, which will be closed for the entire summer due to building renovations. The computers in these sites will be replaced with new systems and the following changes/improvements will be made to the current configurations. - The current 600 MHz computers are being replaced by Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz - Zip drives will no longer be installed - CDRW/DVD combo drives will be installed - System RAM will be doubled from 256 MB to 512 MB - CRT monitors will be replaced with flat screen LCD monitors - Front side USB ports will be available for portable devices - Front side audio ports will be available A public site upgrade schedule is posted at: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/tims/facilities/sitenews.html If you have any questions, please call the help desk at 8-HELP. NEW ELECTRONIC BOOKS IN BUSINESS, OTHER AREAS More than 1300 electronic books have been recently purchased as a shared collection by the PALCI consortium, of which Lehigh is a member, and added to ASA, our online catalog. These include recent imprints in the areas of business, computing, and American history. The collection is derived from many major publishers, and offered in electronic format by NetLibrary Inc, a division of OCLC. This is the second NetLibrary collection purchased jointly by the PALCI consortium. To find a particular book, just check ASA. To explore Lehigh's growing electronic book holdings, go to http://www.netlibrary.com/ USING LEHIGH EMAIL WITH HOME BROADBAND ACCESS An increasing number of users are subscribing to cable modem or DSL service on their home computers and are experiencing problems sending email to non-Lehigh email addresses. Chances are, the problem stems from using an outside ISP. When a connection is made to an outside ISP using broadband or dial-up, you are assigned a temporary IP address from a range of addresses available to your ISP. This address is a number that uniquely identifies your computer's connection to the Internet. When you dial into Lehigh, Lehigh is your ISP and the address you are given for that session is one within the Lehigh domain. When you use an outside ISP, the address is one belonging to that ISP's domain. The outgoing mail server (SMTP server) at Lehigh is set up to refuse to relay mail messages from computers outside our domain. The reason for this is because such relaying is frequently used by people who are trying to disguise where their mail is coming from (often because the message is threatening, abusive or harassing, or because it contains fraudulent information or is unsolicited commercial email, sometimes called 'spam'). How do I fix this? Contact the technical support line at your ISP and have them tell you how to configure your mail client to use their email services instead of Lehigh's. You may be able to use just their (outside ISPs) SMTP server (Outgoing), and use Lehigh's (Incoming) mail server to receive mail. If you decide to use their mail services exclusively, you can have mail that comes to your Lehigh email address automatically forwarded to your email address at your ISP. OR, use IMP, Lehigh's web-based email, at http://www.lehigh.edu/imp/ Contact the Help Desk at 758-4357 if you have additional questions. SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FLOPPIES! Floppy disks/microdiskettes have distinct disadvantages: fragility, volatility, and inadequate storage capacity. USB keychain drives are one of the latest useful peripheral devices for computer data backup and transportation. They get their name from the fact that they are small enough and designed to conveniently attach to a key ring. They can be used in place of floppy or zip disks, and make backing up and transporting your data easy. To read more, go to http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk/faq/qa/keychain.html ******************************************************************** Send your comments or suggestions for future topics by replying directly to the list. TO SUBSCRIBE TO LTS (IR) DIGEST: Send email to: Listproc@lehigh.edu Type in the body of the message: Subscribe irdigest <your name>. Call the LTS Help Desk (84357) if you have any difficulty in subscribing. LTS (IR) DIGEST archives are located at: http://www.lehigh.edu/lists/archives/irdigest
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