To: all.students
From: jewettrj@potsdam.edu (Bob Jewett)
Subject: An important message about electronic mail (Email) at SUNY Potsdam
Cc: jewettrj
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Greetings from Distributed Computing/Telemedia! 

Before the new school year starts, we wanted to inform you about a number 
of items regarding information technology at SUNY Potsdam. Over the 
summer, we have been working hard to develop and enhance our voice, video 
and data services. We hope that this message provides you with the 
information you need to make better use of those services, or at the very 
least, points you toward the information you may want. 



Contents of this message:

1. SUNY Potsdam Code of Conduct for technolgy...... 

2. Netiquette.

3. Workshops and Brown-bag Presentations for '95 - 96. 

4. Creating your own personal "homepage" on Potsdam's Web (WWW) server. 

5. Useful campus Web (WWW) addresses; that is, addresses to use with 
Netscape or Mosaic.

6. Confused? Lost? Complaints? Suggestions? HELP! 

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1. Reference the Code of Conduct and email usage here.. simplify it and 
keep it brief!

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2. Netiquette.


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3. Workshops and brown-bag presentations for '95 - 96: 

We will again be offering our weekly brown-bag presentations this year as 
well as a number of special workshops--"Same time. Same channel" (that is, 
Thursdays, 11:30am, Kellas studio). 

Because these brown-bag sessions often present late-breaking technology or 
developments, we find it difficult to meet the deadline for including an 
announcement in the Reporter. Therefore, brown-bag sessions are only 
announced via email and Web server (refer to URL under #5 below). 

This summer, we offered an intensive schedule of workshops and help 
sessions on HTML, the language used to develop Web pages. While we cannot 
offer this level of training during the school year, we will be offering a 
number of special workshops on HTML during the Fall semester. You'll have 
a chance to develop your own personal homepage (see #4 below). Watch for 
announcements of the time and location in upcoming email messages and via 
our Web server (again, refer to URL under #5 below) 

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4. Creating your own personal "homepage" on Potsdam's Web (WWW) server. 

There seems to be a lot of talk these days about the World-Wide Web (WWW). 
There is also a great deal of interest in learning about how to publish on 
"the Web". This 'fever' seems to have touched SUNY Potsdam as well, if our 
summer workshops on HTML (the language used to develop Web pages) are any 
indication of local enthusiasm. 

If you are interested in publishing on the Web--office/department 
material, academic information or personal "homepages"--you should attend 
one of the workshops offered this Fall. The schedule will be announced 
through email, the Reporter and, of course, our campus Web server (refer 
to URL under #5 below). We will set up the means for you to create Web 
documents using an HTML editor (Mac or Windows-based) and provide you will 
space on our Web server to store your documents. 

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5. Useful campus WWW addresses (URLs to use with Netscape or Mosaic). 

- Information about SUNY Potsdam offices/departments and much more: 

       http://www.potsdam.edu/connections.html


- Current information about technology at SUNY Potsdam: 

       http://www.potsdam.edu/ISD/IT_Intro.html 


- Schedule of technology workshops and brown-bag presentations: 

       http://www.potsdam.edu/dctm/Presentations/IntroTraining.html 


- SUNY Potsdam's WWW homepage--how we look on the global Internet: 

       http://www.potsdam.edu

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6. Confused? Lost? Complaints? Suggestions? HELP! 

Information on *how* to use email is available in the Levitt Center and 
other student computing areas (all residence hall computing centers, 
Kellas Computer Classroom, Flagg Computer Classroom). Also, workshops on 
the use of email, for Macintosh and Windows/DOS users, will be offered to 
students on a weekly basis during the Fall semester--times and location 
will announced soon (see #3 below). 

Student may go to the Levitt Center in Crumb Library for more information 
or if there is a problem with their email account and/or password.