July 9 through 11, 1999

General description of service interruption
        
        Starting time of service interruption: July 9, 5:00 PM
        Ending time of service interruption: July 11, 12 Noon
        
What is the Reason for this Service Interruption?
        
        Migration of student OpenMail (OpenMail2) server to a different
        server.
        
Who is Affected by this Service Interruption?
        
        All mail users will be affected.
        
What Services will be Affected and How?
        
        OpenMail2 (student OpenMail) will be unavailable from 5 PM July
        9 through 12 Noon July 11; OpenMail1 (faculty/staff) will be
        available throughout this period, except for normal Sunday
        maintenance.  Central UNIX Mail will be available with
        restrictions throughout the outage (see below).
        
	Service                 How Users will be affected
	OpenMail and OpenTime   OpenMail2 (students) will be
                                unavailable for the duration of the
                                outage.
                                
                                OpenMail1 (faculty/staff) and OpenTime
                                will be unavailable from 6am to 12
                                Noon on Sunday, July 11.
                                
                                During the rest of the outage (5 PM
                                July 9 through 6am July 11):
                                
                                All incoming mail from outside Central
                                UNIX and OpenMail will be delayed
                                until after 12 Noon on July 11.
                                
                                If you use Netscape or any other IMAP
                                or POP client to connect to OpenMail1
                                (faculty/staff), you will be able to
                                read mail but you will not be able to
                                send mail.
                                
                                If you use the OMGUI client to connect
                                to OpenMail1 (faculty/staff),
                                o   mail to other OpenMail1
                                    addresses will be delivered.
                                o   mail sent to OpenMail2 or
                                    Central UNIX addresses will be delayed
                                    until after 12 Noon on July 11.
                                o   mail sent to other addresses
                                    will be delivered.
	World Wide Web          There will be brief intermittent
                                outages where users will not be able
                                to access the Cal Poly home page or
                                any other pages housed on Central UNIX
                                (www.calpoly.edu).
	Gopher                  Gopher will be available on Central
                                UNIX (gopher.calpoly.edu).
	UNIX Mail               PINE, Elm and UNIX mail on Central
                                UNIX will be available through out the
                                outage.  All incoming mail from
                                outside Central UNIX will be delayed
                                until after 12 Noon on July 11.  Mail
                                sent to other Central UNIX and
                                OpenMail users will be delayed until
                                after 12 Noon on July 11.  Mail to
                                other addresses will be delivered.
	POP Server              Any pop client (Netscape, Eudora,
                                etc.) pointing to pop.calpoly.edu will
                                fail to connect.
	SMTP Mail Server        Any mail client sending mail via
                                smtp.calpoly.edu or mail.calpoly.edu
                                will fail to connect.
	Central UNIX user login Users will be able to connect to
	sessions                polylog1 or rodin.
        
What is the Expected Outcome of this Service Interruption?
        
        Improved OpenMail2 performance and increased capacity.
        
For More Information
        
        Up-to-date status on the outage will be posted to the System
        Status page at http://systemstatus.calpoly.edu/.