As I go around from county to county and migrate computers to the Cornell Active Directory, the first thing you will notice after the switch is that you will log into your work computer with your netID and password.  (In case you are curious, new server status: Genesee, Monroe and Orleans have been migrated and are now using the new file server!  Erie and Niagara will be done within the next couple of months.  Allegany-Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Wyoming will follow after that, to be completed by year end. Click here for a past blog post about the new file server.)

And now, with the move to the Workday system (which also uses your Cornell NetID and password) it becomes even more vital to never share your NetID password with anyone, not even your friendly IT person (we have other ways to access your computers).  

Your Cornell NetID and password are the key to a great deal of personal information including your address, birthdate, social security number, and more. . . you can imagine the problems if that information fell into the wrong hands! 

Please take a moment to view this tutorial on security and Cornell policies.

Adapted from:  Cate’s Finger Lakes SBN Blog Page :)

Tuesday, April 30 & Wednesday, May 1

http://staff.cce.cornell.edu/Information_Technology/Pages/Virtual-Tech-Fair-2013.aspx
Registration deadline is Monday, April 22, 2013!

Have you looked over the courses for the two-day, ONLINE Virtual Tech Fair?  With over 20 sessions being offered to all staff, there is something for everyone!  Pick and choose the ones that are right for you!  Don’t miss out… The registration deadline is coming up quick! 

• Take Control of Your Inbox!
  Cate Sirek will walk you through some great tricks on organizing your e-mail in “Wrangling Your Email and Organizing Your (Work) Life: Outlook 2010”.
  (Here is a quick how-to, you-tube video on how to use categories in Outlook!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMdfTixMSVk)

• Looking for new and faster ways to get around in Windows and Office?
  Ever watched someone do something on their computer and asked yourself “How did they do that?”  Sign up for Charlene  Glowa’s “Productivity Tips and Tricks”!
  (Here is a quick how-to, you-tube video “7 Awesome Windows 7 Tricks & How-To’s”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gST6tn-JMtE)

• Have a smart phone? Tablet?
  Watch Paul Treadwell’s session “Phones and Tablets – New Tools for Learning” to learn about useful apps that will assist you in your effort to reach out to your audience.  
   
• Design publications and flyers? Need to edit photos?
  Sign up for Tyler Poole’s “Publisher 2013 and Photoshop CS6 Preview” and/or take Jim Hooper’s “Introduction to Photo Editing”.  Jim will walk you through the basics of optimizing your images for maximum impact, while Tyler will give you new ideas to make your publications “pop”. 
   
• Keep hearing about “WorkDay” and want to know more?
  Melissa Reif will walk you through what you need to know about our new HR/Payroll system. 
   
• Worried about protecting yourself from online threats?
  Ever wonder how these 'hackers' are getting into big companies' networks? Sign up for Andrew Damin’s “Security Essentials” session! 
   

These are just a few of the sessions you will discover when you go to register for the Virtual Tech Fair at:
http://staff.cce.cornell.edu/Information_Technology/Pages/Virtual-Tech-Fair-2013.aspx

Not a lot of spare time to set aside for this two-day event?  You have the option to just take one or two sessions of interest… So go ahead and sign up today!

You can watch any of these sessions on your own, at your computer, or grab a projector and get together as a group! 

Registration deadline is Monday, April 22, 2013!

Anti-spam filtering programs have a never ending battle to stop spam and phishing e-mails from reaching our Inbox.  The spammers are constantly changing their tactics and the anti-spam vendors such as Sophos (PureMesssage) are constantly updating their anti-spam fingerprints and defense tactics.  The positive thing is that with this new wave of spam messages, these messages are being marked (you should notice “PMX” in the subject) but are being rated just under the reject level so they are still being forwarded to our Inboxes. 

Source:  Cornell’s NET-ADMIN-L NET-ADMIN-L@list.cornell.edu listserv membersSPAM - Phishing E-mails

How To Set Up An Outlook Rule to Filter Out Tagged PMX Messages

You can filter these e-mail messages marked with PMX into your Junk folder.  So instead of having them clutter up your Inbox, you can check your Junk folder once in a while to verify that there are no legitimate e-mails, and then permanently delete them.

How-to video: http://screencast.com/t/qKqmW7phwKr

Click here for Step by Step Instructions for creating a filter.

How To Add A Person to Outlook’s “Safe Sender’s List”

On the flip side of this issue, you may see legitimate e-mails being placed in your Junk folder.  You can also set up an Outlook rule to add a person to your ‘safe sender’s list’.  This will prevent e-mails from that sender going into your Junk folder.

Click here for Step by Step Instructions for adding a person to Outlook’s “Safe Sender” List

For more information about these types of messages, check out my previous blog posts here:

• SPAM, Viruses, Phishing Attempts, Malware… Oh My!
• SPAM - Phishing E-mails