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E-mail Technical Coordinators Meeting. Chris Bongaarts September 10, 2008. Outages. WBOB power failure 8/14 Affected: … Gophermail 8/15-16 50% of Gophermail authentication failed between 8/15 1540 and 8/16 1800 User block lists unavailable after 8/14 power outage; fully restored by 8/16
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E-mail Technical Coordinators Meeting Chris Bongaarts September 10, 2008
Outages • WBOB power failure 8/14 • Affected: … • Gophermail 8/15-16 • 50% of Gophermail authentication failed between 8/15 1540 and 8/16 1800 • User block lists unavailable after 8/14 power outage; fully restored by 8/16 • Intermittent IMAP/POP outages on diamond and peridot • Delayed e-mail to non-umn.edu sites 8/26-27 due to a queue inadvertently turned off to control outbound spam
Server Upgrades • 3 Sun T5240 servers installed for use as new IMAP/POP servers • 3 Sun V890 servers to be repurposed as new webmail servers • 3 Sun V440 servers to be repurposed as new outbound MTA servers • 3 Sun V210 servers to be repurposed as additional inbound MTA servers
Mail Filtering • Non-umn.edu addresses now allowed in departmental e-mail exploders
Grouper • Grouper now available for use • http://middleware.internet2.edu/dir/groups/grouper/ • Can manage static groups with web interface • Apps can query group membership via CAH or LDAP • Contact isgroup@umn.edu if interested
Chris Bongaarts cab@umn.edu 612-625-1809 Internet Services isgroup@umn.edu ‘Till next month…