SPECIAL ALERT from Cal Poly Information Services

Please advise users in your area to be wary of telephone calls from people claiming to represent Microsoft support.

ALERT - POLYMAIL Email Delivery Ends January 24, 2012

FINAL REMINDER!

When Cal Poly’s email list system was replaced in August 2011, the “polymail” in calpoly.edu addresses was dropped. Messages continued to be delivered to allow time for personal email contacts and address files to be updated.

This grace period is ending. Effective January 24, 2012 emails will NOT be delivered to addresses that include "polymail" in the domain.

Anyone who sent an email to a “polymail” address after August 2011 received a warning message. However, if the sender was not a person then warning messages might not have been seen. ITS also reviewed logs and contacted recipients where high volumes of “polymail” messages were detected.

This is a final reminder to department account owners and technical staff to identify any remaining valid uses of “polymail” email addresses and update or request the address be updated. These uses could include the following:

• Web sites and forms that include references to “polymail” accounts.
• On and off campus systems that send to “polymail” accounts such as Facebook, LinkedIn, hosted systems, vendor distribution lists, etc.

Information about Sympa including instructions for updating email addresses in either the Zimbra web client or Outlook are posted at http://servicedesk.calpoly.edu/content/sympa/sympa.

If you have any questions, please contact the ITS Service Desk at 756-7000 or email servicedesk@calpoly.edu.

ITS Service Desk

IPad Acquisitions Information

To assist faculty/staff with Cal Poly iPad acquisitions (purchased or gifted), campus procedures and guidelines are now available.

For details and more information, visit the ITS website.

News Alert - Phishing Email

A phishing email is being circulated with the subject line of 'Verify'.
Once opened, it requests your Cal Poly user name and password, purportedly sent from CalPoly Webmail Technical Support.

This is a phishing email attempting to obtain your credentials.
Please do NOT reply or send your credentials.

For additional information on internet and email scams, click here:
http://security.calpoly.edu/what_everyone/scam.html

Verizon now Offers iPhones

The ITS Service Desk will begin accepting orders for VERIZON iPhones through our CWC Verizon contract on 2/03/11.  As this is a new service offering, we will take care to assure a smooth transition.  

New Mustang Wireless Policy for Mobile Devices

ITS has announced that all handheld devices that can support a web browser are now required to log into the Mustang Wireless network using a username and password to access the campus Wi-Fi system. This change affects iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone and other similar handheld PDA devices. Hardware address passthroughs have been removed  and device registration is no longer required at the Service Desk.