Comments on: My MSU Email Debacle http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:02:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Travis McCrea http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9084 Sat, 17 May 2008 02:07:40 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9084 :) I was "Fucking on linux" :D I like this version better.. I think I will leave it at this. Did you see my invite to box.net ? :) I was “Fucking on linux” D

I like this version better.. I think I will leave it at this.

Did you see my invite to box.net ?

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9083 Sat, 17 May 2008 01:48:27 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9083 LOL! Yeah, user agent strings are not very reliable. It's easy to lie about them. ;) LOL! Yeah, user agent strings are not very reliable. It’s easy to lie about them. )

]]> by: Travis McCrea http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9082 Sat, 17 May 2008 01:45:07 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9082 you should have NEVER showed me that trick... I am going to enjoy myself. you should have NEVER showed me that trick… I am going to enjoy myself.

]]> by: Travis McCrea http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9081 Sat, 17 May 2008 01:43:10 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9081 I updated mine.. :) But not with that I updated mine.. ) But not with that

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9080 Sat, 17 May 2008 01:09:38 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9080 [quote post="2467"]Posted using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 on Linux Linux[/quote] Ah, congrats! :mrgreen: Oh, and I believe that the Ubuntu package maintainers do not edit the user agent string when they package Firefox anymore. This seems to be a common practice on other systems, but not in Ubuntu community for some reason. I usually edit it manually and add "Ubuntu Linux" to the end of the: <em>general.useragent.extra.firefox</em> in about:config. :)

Posted using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 on Linux Linux

Ah, congrats! mrgreen

Oh, and I believe that the Ubuntu package maintainers do not edit the user agent string when they package Firefox anymore. This seems to be a common practice on other systems, but not in Ubuntu community for some reason.

I usually edit it manually and add “Ubuntu Linux” to the end of the: general.useragent.extra.firefox in about:config. )

]]> by: Travis McCrea http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9077 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:04:42 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9077 Posted using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 on Linux Linux For some reason... The updated Ubuntu (harion?) does not display its name... Is that because its still not in your system? Posted using Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 on Linux Linux

For some reason… The updated Ubuntu (harion?) does not display its name… Is that because its still not in your system?

]]> by: ths http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9071 Fri, 16 May 2008 07:12:41 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9071 obviously the process of boarding a teacher does not work or has not been followed. or the process has changed or augmented and the process for changing the process has not been followed ;) my colleague used to call this "technology in a process-free domain". obviously the process of boarding a teacher does not work or has not been followed.
or the process has changed or augmented and the process for changing the process has not been followed )

my colleague used to call this “technology in a process-free domain”.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9068 Fri, 16 May 2008 04:11:18 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9068 [quote post="2467"]I contacted management pointing out that the seiving of emails to make enough space cost more in wages dealing with it than extra servers to hold it. Not interested.[/quote] Heh, the other company that I work for has totally opposite view on email. Their philosophy pretty much be summed by: <blockquote> "what do you mean I can't send a 80 MB attachment file???? Get the email people on the phone right now!"</blockquote> So yeah, there is no email quota. It's just that sometimes we go around and beg users to un-check that damn "leave emails on the server" setting in Outlook and download the 800MB of emails from the server already. But yeah - you just can't win. [quote post="2467"]Corporate IT has a mix of the smartest and the dumbest people… [/quote] Or perhaps the smartest dumb people... Or the dumbest smart people. :P [quote post="2467"]Spot the change in my information.[/quote] New URL? I'm not sure. I don't really look that closely on people's emails or IP's. I mostly go by name+gravatar and alternatively their blog if they have one. [quote post="2467"]On the 27th it will go up to 150 MB for students and 500 MB for faculty and staff.[/quote] Yeah, you mentioned that before! Can't wait. IMAP will finally be a valid option. :) Sigh... At times like these I miss my pegasus email. I will have to track down Joe one day and see if he can give me the account back while I'm teaching here.

I contacted management pointing out that the seiving of emails to make enough space cost more in wages dealing with it than extra servers to hold it. Not interested.

Heh, the other company that I work for has totally opposite view on email. Their philosophy pretty much be summed by:

“what do you mean I can’t send a 80 MB attachment file???? Get the email people on the phone right now!”

So yeah, there is no email quota. It’s just that sometimes we go around and beg users to un-check that damn “leave emails on the server” setting in Outlook and download the 800MB of emails from the server already.

But yeah - you just can’t win.

Corporate IT has a mix of the smartest and the dumbest people…

Or perhaps the smartest dumb people… Or the dumbest smart people. P

Spot the change in my information.

New URL? I’m not sure. I don’t really look that closely on people’s emails or IP’s. I mostly go by name+gravatar and alternatively their blog if they have one.

On the 27th it will go up to 150 MB for students and 500 MB for faculty and staff.

Yeah, you mentioned that before! Can’t wait. IMAP will finally be a valid option. )

Sigh… At times like these I miss my pegasus email. I will have to track down Joe one day and see if he can give me the account back while I’m teaching here.

]]> by: Miloš http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9066 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:35:59 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9066 On the 27th it will go up to 150 MB for students and 500 MB for faculty and staff. :) It's no gmail or anything, but still much better. Also, soon after it will have a built it calendaring solution and few connectors which will work with Outlook, Thunderbird and others. Btw, hopefully it will all get resolved tomorrow. On the 27th it will go up to 150 MB for students and 500 MB for faculty and staff. ) It’s no gmail or anything, but still much better. Also, soon after it will have a built it calendaring solution and few connectors which will work with Outlook, Thunderbird and others.

Btw, hopefully it will all get resolved tomorrow.

]]> by: Travis McCrea http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9065 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:34:16 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-msu-email-debacle/#comment-9065 :) Spot the change in my information. :) Spot the change in my information.

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