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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2011-12-21:/blogs/computing_news//2</id>
    <updated>2012-05-04T13:19:40Z</updated>
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    <title>MATLAB Back up at 8pm Thursday</title>
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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.865</id>

    <published>2012-05-04T13:17:55Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-04T13:19:40Z</updated>

    <summary>The MATLAB license server - which was down due to a power outage of several hours in ABB - came back up at 8PM; MATLAB has been accessible again since then....</summary>
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        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[The MATLAB license server - which was <a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/05/matlab-unavaila.html">down due to a power outage</a> of several hours in ABB - came back up at 8PM; MATLAB has been accessible again since then.]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>MATLAB License Server Still Unavailable</title>
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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.864</id>

    <published>2012-05-03T23:40:05Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-03T23:46:18Z</updated>

    <summary>The power in ABB was turned back on at 6:12 pm this evening, but the MATLAB license server is still unavailable....</summary>
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        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[The power in ABB was turned back on at 6:12 pm this evening, but the MATLAB license server is still unavailable.<br /><div><br /></div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>MATLAB Unavailable from 4pm to 6pm Thursday</title>
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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.863</id>

    <published>2012-05-03T20:39:05Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-03T20:40:53Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[MATLAB will not be available on Math &amp; Stats servers and workstations today from 4pm to 6pm as Facility Services has shut off the power for the ABB server room (which is where the license server lives) in order to...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[MATLAB will not be available on Math &amp; Stats servers and workstations today from 4pm to 6pm as Facility Services has shut off the power for the ABB server room (which is where the license server lives) in order to complete some work.<div><br /></div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Scanner Now Completely Fixed</title>
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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.862</id>

    <published>2012-05-03T19:47:57Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-03T19:50:36Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[The HH-303 scanner is no longer adding streaks to images when one uses the automatic document feeder. &nbsp; The jamming problem with the ADF was fixed last week....]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[The HH-303 scanner is no longer <a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/04/hh-303-scanner-.html">adding streaks to images</a> when one uses the automatic document feeder. &nbsp; The <a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/04/feeder-jamming-.html">jamming problem</a> with the ADF was fixed last week.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Clever Phishing Spam: &quot;Scan from a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet&quot;</title>
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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.861</id>

    <published>2012-04-25T18:13:50Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-25T18:18:14Z</updated>

    <summary>A phishing message purporting to be a &quot;Scan from a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet&quot; has hit some McMaster addresses recently.Don&apos;t click the &quot;Download&quot; link, needless to say ... it&apos;s actually a link to a spyware payload....</summary>
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        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[A phishing message purporting to be a "Scan from a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet" has hit some McMaster addresses recently.<div><br /></div><div>Don't click the "Download" link, needless to say ... it's actually a link to a spyware payload.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>]]>
        <![CDATA[Here is a sample message ...<div><br /></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p class="p1">A document was scanned and sent to you using a Hewlett-Packard JRT 48084181KSent to you by: Adyson</p></div><div><p class="p1">Pages : 5</p></div><div><p class="p1">Filetype(s): Images (.jpeg) &nbsp;Download</p></div><div><p class="p2"><br /></p></div><div><p class="p1">Location: NSK.3FL.</p></div><div><p class="p1">Device: D96298771000</p></div><div><p class="p2"><br /></p></div><div><p class="p1">A document was scanned and sent to you using a Hewlett-Packard JRT 48084181K</p></div><div><p class="p2"><br /></p></div><div><p class="p2"><br /></p></div><div><p class="p1">Sent to you by: Adyson</p></div><div><p class="p1">Pages : 5</p></div><div><p class="p1">Filetype(s): Images (.jpeg) <a href="http://ftp.remembered-forever.org/n7xkK0cJ/index.html"><span class="s1">Download&nbsp;</span></a></p></div><div><p class="p2"><br /></p></div><div><p class="p1">Location: NSK.3FL.</p></div><div><p class="p1">Device: D96298771000</p></div></blockquote>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>HH-303 Scanner Partly Fixed</title>
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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.860</id>

    <published>2012-04-24T18:53:47Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-24T19:23:59Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[The Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) unit on the HH-303 printer no longer jams. &nbsp;Scans made using the ADF still have streaks on them, though; we are still awaiting parts to fix this.This, by the way, is what the streaks look...]]></summary>
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        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[The Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) unit on the HH-303 printer no longer <a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/04/feeder-jamming-.html">jams</a>. &nbsp;Scans made using the ADF still have <a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/04/streaks-from-hh.html">streaks</a> on them, though; we are still awaiting parts to fix this.<div><br /></div><div>This, by the way, is what the streaks look like ...</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div>

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/~moylek/pub/temp/streaks.png"><a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/~moylek/pub/temp/streaks.png"><img src="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/~moylek/pub/temp/streaks-small.png" border="1" /></a></a></div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Spam Warning: &quot;Tutoring material&quot; / &quot;FIRE INSTRUCTION NOTICE&quot; / &quot;Fire Safety Guidance&quot;</title>
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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.859</id>

    <published>2012-04-19T10:35:22Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-20T00:30:47Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Some interesting spam reached a few inboxes on mathmail.mcmaster.ca today. &nbsp;The subject is "RE:Tutoring material for a scheduled event" and it notifies the reader of "a joint event with Fire and Counter&nbsp;Terrorism Safety". &nbsp;It's signed by "Ann" from "Department of...]]></summary>
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        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[Some interesting spam reached a few inboxes on mathmail.mcmaster.ca today. &nbsp;The subject is "RE:Tutoring material for a scheduled event" and it notifies the reader of "a joint event with Fire and Counter&nbsp;Terrorism Safety". &nbsp;It's signed by "Ann" from "Department of Human Resources."<div><br /></div><div>Needless to say, the message is fake and you should not open the attached "Fire Safety Guidance.pdf.zip" file - it contains spyware.</div><div><br /></div><div>The text and a description can be found <a href="http://spamwars.com/archives/2012/04/bogus_fire_safe.html">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Update 19:43</b></div><div><br /></div><div>This message is also arriving with other titles, such as ...</div><div><ul><li>RE:Public Safety Joint Event</li><li>FW:Fire Safety joint event</li><li>FW:Counter Terrorism Safety Event</li><li>FW:Tutoring material for a scheduled event</li><li>RE:Enclosed Tutoring Materials</li></ul></div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Feeder Jamming on HH-303 Scanner</title>
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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.858</id>

    <published>2012-04-18T15:58:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-18T16:01:10Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[The automatic document feeder for the HH-303 HPLJ 4345 scanner is jamming fairly consistently. &nbsp;I've notified the service people, who are already scheduled to come fix another problem with the ADF.If you need to scan sever pages, use the flat-bed...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[The automatic document feeder for the HH-303 HPLJ 4345 scanner is jamming fairly consistently. &nbsp;I've notified the service people, who are already scheduled to come fix another problem with the ADF.<div><br /></div><div>If you need to scan sever pages, use the flat-bed scanner with "<a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/04/streaks-from-hh.html#more">Job Build" mode on</a> so that all the pages arrive in a single PDF file.</div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Streaks from HH-303 Networked Scanner</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/04/streaks-from-hh.html" />
    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.857</id>

    <published>2012-04-17T18:35:27Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-17T19:02:11Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[The HPLJ 4345 printer/scanner outside of HH-303 is producing coloured streaks on images scanned using the automatic document feeder. &nbsp; We had a service technician in last week and we are now waiting on parts; things should be sorted out...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[The HPLJ 4345 printer/scanner outside of HH-303 is producing <a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/~moylek/pub/temp/HH303-HPLJ4345/2012-04-12/Scanned-via-feeder.pdf">coloured streaks</a> on images scanned using the automatic document feeder. &nbsp; We had a service technician in last week and we are now waiting on parts; things should be sorted out within a week.<div><br /></div><div>Scans made on the scanner bed are not streaked, &nbsp;You can use "job mode" if you wish to scan several pages into a single PDF file using the flat-bed scanner.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>]]>
        <![CDATA[<font style="font-size: 1em; "><b>How to Use Job Mode to Scan Multiple Pages into a Single PDF FIle</b></font><div><br /></div><div><img alt="1.png" src="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/computing_news/1.png" width="644" height="246" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></div><div><img alt="2.png" src="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/computing_news/2.png" width="647" height="245" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></div><div><img alt="3.png" src="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/computing_news/3.png" width="645" height="246" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></div><div><img alt="4.png" src="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/computing_news/4.png" width="645" height="245" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></div><div><br /></div>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Web Site Down Briefly Thursday AM</title>
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    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.856</id>

    <published>2012-04-12T15:28:32Z</published>
    <updated>2012-04-12T15:34:21Z</updated>

    <summary>The websites on ms.mcmaster.ca - most importantly www.math.mcmaster.ca and   mathmail.mcmaster.ca - were down from 11:20 to 11:26 this morning due to some temporary conflicts resulting from software updates.</summary>
    <author>
        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[The websites on ms.mcmaster.ca - most importantly <a href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca">www.math.mcmaster.ca</a> and &nbsp;<a href="http://mathmail.mcmaster.ca">mathmail.mcmaster.ca</a> - were down from 11:20 to 11:26 this morning due to some temporary conflicts resulting from software updates. &nbsp; Incoming and outgoing mail were not effected, only access via the webmail interface.]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>More Phishing: &quot;IMORTANT NOTICE!!!&quot;</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/03/more-phishing-i.html" />
    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.855</id>

    <published>2012-03-01T19:28:10Z</published>
    <updated>2012-03-01T19:32:21Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[An interesting phishing attempt came along today - this one is quite specifically customized: it has&nbsp;UTS Service Desk" as the sender's name, it includes correct UTS contact information and both the message (fig. 1) and the web page to which...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; height: 90%; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif; "><div><div>An interesting phishing attempt came along today - this one is quite specifically customized: it has&nbsp;UTS Service Desk" as the sender's name, it includes correct UTS contact information and both the message (<a href="https://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/computing_news/assets_c/2012/03/IMORTANTNOTICE-email.png" target="fig">fig. 1</a>) and the web page to which it redirects (<a href="https://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/computing_news/assets_c/2012/03/IMORTANTNOTICE-web.png" target="fig">fig. 2</a>) include McMaster logos. &nbsp;And the grammar is correct, even.<div><br /></div><div>But, as always, the giveaway is the request for your password. &nbsp;UTS people will not ask you for your password; neither I nor anyone else in RHPCS will ask you for your password via email.<div><div><br /></div><div>Just delete this message. &nbsp;I've sent a copy to UTS.</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>]]>
        <![CDATA[<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; height: 90%; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif; "><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_132624340923485" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Here is the text of the message in question.</font></div><blockquote style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_132624340923485" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br /></font></div><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_132624340923485" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Your&nbsp;McMaster email&nbsp;account has been reported for numerous spams Activities from a<span class="ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 20px; ">&nbsp;</span></font><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403145 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234171" style="line-height: 20px; "><font id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234304" size="3" style="line-height: normal; ">foreign ip recently. As a result you may not be able to receive or send new mail</font></span><span style="line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; ">.</span></div><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_132624340923493" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">However, you might not be the one promoting this Spam,as your email account<span class="ecxApple-converted-space" style="line-height: 20px; ">&nbsp;</span></font><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403153 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234181" style="line-height: 20px; ">might have been compromised.<span class="ecxApple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403155 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234183" style="line-height: 20px; ">To protect your account from sending spam mails, You are to confirm your true<span class="ecxApple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234335" class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403157 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234185" style="line-height: 20px; ">ownership of this account by<span class="ecxApple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><font id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403227" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">following this link below, fill the form and login again.</font></div><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_132624340923493" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">&nbsp;</font></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.123contactform.com/form-294231/McMaster-University">http://www.123contactform.com/form-294231/McMaster-University</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br style="line-height: 20px; " /></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">&nbsp;</div><div id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyui_3_2_0_13_1329435938708173" class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234119" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403245" class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403173 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234205" style="line-height: 20px; ">Failure to do this will violate&nbsp;McMaster Community&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mcmaster.ca/uts/policy/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; text-align: left; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 0, 51); ">Policy and Procedures</a></span><span id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403255" class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403175 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234207" style="line-height: 20px; ">. This</span><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403175 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234209" style="line-height: 20px; "><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" style="line-height: normal; ">&nbsp;</font></span><span id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403261" class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234213" style="line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; ">will render your account inactive.</span></div><div id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_132942469865555" class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234125" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403262" class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403179 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234217" style="line-height: 20px; ">NOTE!!: You will be sent a password reset message in next seven (7) working days<span class="ecxApple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span id="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_132942469865564" class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403181 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234219" style="line-height: 20px; ">after undergoing this process for Security reasons.</span></div><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234125" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">&nbsp;</div><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234125" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403181 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234219" style="line-height: 20px; "><strong><font color="#c00000" face="Tahoma" size="5">University Technology Services</font></strong></span><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403181 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234219" style="line-height: 20px; ">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234125" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403181 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234219" style="line-height: 20px; ">Phone:&nbsp;905-525-9140 x24357 (2HELP)</span></div><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234125" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403181 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234219" style="line-height: 20px; ">Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:uts@mcmaster.ca">uts@mcmaster.ca</a></span></div><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234125" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403181 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234219" style="line-height: 20px; ">Location:&nbsp;Main Campus BSB Rm. 245</span></div></blockquote><div class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234125" style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_13_1326239959403181 ecxyiv2110669340ecxyiv1410197886yui_3_2_0_17_1326243409234219" style="line-height: 20px; "></span>&nbsp;</div></div>]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Another Fake &quot;Your mailbox&quot; Spam/Phishing Message</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/02/another-fake-yo.html" />
    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.854</id>

    <published>2012-02-29T21:12:23Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-29T21:15:45Z</updated>

    <summary>A message with the subject &quot;Fake &quot;Your mailbox&quot; Spam/Phishing Message&quot; has made it past the spam filter for a number of @math.mcmaster.ca accounts.The message and the link should be ignored.Neither I nor other RHPCS staff members will ever ...ask you...</summary>
    <author>
        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[A message with the subject "Fake "Your mailbox" Spam/Phishing Message" has made it past the spam filter for a number of @math.mcmaster.ca accounts.<div><br /></div><div>The message and the link should be ignored.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Neither I nor other RHPCS staff members will ever ...</div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><ul style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><li style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; ">ask you for your password</span></li><li style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; ">send a message without signing off with the name of a specific&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.rhpcs.mcmaster.ca/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 85, 153); ">RHPCS staff member</a></li><li style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; ">commit more than two outrageous grammatical solecisms per message</span></li></ul></span></div>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Fake &quot;Your mailbox&quot; Spam/Phishing Message</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/02/fake-your-mailb.html" />
    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.853</id>

    <published>2012-02-24T14:16:36Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-24T14:22:36Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Another phishing message is hitting a number of mailboxes on the Math &amp; Stats mail server - it's just an attempt to get your password from you.Neither I nor other RHPCS staff members will ever ...ask you for your passwordsend...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Email" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/computing_news/">
        <![CDATA[Another phishing message is hitting a number of mailboxes on the Math &amp; Stats mail server - it's just an attempt to get your password from you.<div><br /></div><div>Neither I nor other RHPCS staff members will ever ...</div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 21px; "><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; ">ask you for your password</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; ">send a message without signing off with the name of a specific&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.rhpcs.mcmaster.ca/" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 85, 153); ">RHPCS staff member</a></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; ">commit more than two outrageous solecisms per message</span></li></ul></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "></span></div>]]>
        <![CDATA[







<p class="p1">Here is the text of the scammy message.</p><p class="p1"><br /></p>
<blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><p class="p2">ATTENTION;</p><p class="p1"><br /></p><p class="p2">Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit which is 5GB as set by your administrator, you are currently running on 10.9GB,you may not be able to send or receive new mail until you re-validate your mailbox. To re-validate your mailbox &nbsp;please send the following details below:</p><p class="p1"><br /></p><p class="p2">Name:</p><p class="p2">Username:</p><p class="p2">Password:</p><p class="p2">Retype Password:</p><p class="p2">Email Address:</p><p class="p1"><br /></p><p class="p2">If you fail to re-validate your mailbox, your mailbox will be De-activated!!!</p><p class="p1"><br /></p><p class="p2">Thanks</p><p class="p2">System Administrator</p></blockquote>












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<entry>
    <title>Bayes Back Up</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/02/bayes-back-up.html" />
    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.852</id>

    <published>2012-02-18T13:36:36Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-18T13:39:05Z</updated>

    <summary>Bayes is back up and new fans have been ordered. For the time being, bayes will throttle itself down to about 1/4 CPU speed if it gets too hot, but it can still be used....</summary>
    <author>
        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
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        Bayes is back up and new fans have been ordered. For the time being, bayes will throttle itself down to about 1/4 CPU speed if it gets too hot, but it can still be used.
        
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</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Problem with 2-Sided Printing on HH-403 Printer</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/blogs/archives/computing_news/2012/02/problem-with-2-.html" />
    <id>tag:www.math.mcmaster.ca,2012:/blogs/computing_news//2.851</id>

    <published>2012-02-03T15:40:40Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-03T15:42:51Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Duplex printing is not working on the recently-repaired laser printer in HH-403. &nbsp;I'm not yet sure what the problem is - but it's the printer, not your computer or anything you are or aren't doing. &nbsp;I'll be spending some time...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name></name>
        <uri>http://newman.mcmaster.ca/~moylek</uri>
    </author>
    
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        <![CDATA[Duplex printing is not working on the recently-repaired laser printer in HH-403. &nbsp;I'm not yet sure what the problem is - but it's the printer, not your computer or anything you are or aren't doing. &nbsp;I'll be spending some time trying to isolate the problem (hardware? firmware? configuration?) next week.]]>
        
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