Botany Drupal Websites offline for security updates
All Botany Drupal Websites (www.botany.ubc.ca, in.botany.ubc.ca, and db.botany.ubc.ca) are taken offline for security updates from 10AM-12PM on Wednesday, Apr25.
Botany Drupal websites 2 hour offline on March 28
As requested by UBC IT, we will take all three Botany Drupal websites (botany.ubc.ca, in.botany.ubc.ca, db.botany.ubc.ca) offline at 10am tomorrow (Wednesday, Mar 28th), so that we can install security patches to fix a highly critical security vulnerability. All three websites are scheduled to be offline for around 2 hours. If you are managing your own […]
No more Xerox in Botany
The last two leased Xerox printers in Botany have been disconnected today. Please check https://it.botany.ubc.ca/it-services-and-resources/print-service/ for other available printers.
Rule for @ubc.ca addresses to receive external emails
For a FASmail email address that ends with @ubc.ca to receive emails from external email addresses (such as Gmail or Yahoo mail addresses), it must be listed under the UBC directory (https://www.directory.ubc.ca/index.cfm). This rule has caused several of our users unable to receive emails from external users. If you are using a FASmail account end […]
Botany website updates overnight
Botany website and Botany Internal website will be offline from 9PM-12AM on Jan 30, 2018 for installation of security updates. The real downtime may be shorter.
Email accounts hosted outside Canada (e.g. Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, iCloud) cannot be used for work purposes
“Email accounts hosted outside Canada (e.g. Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, iCloud) cannot be used for work purposes.” said the University Counsel and the Chief Information Officer. You can find more information at https://universitycounsel.ubc.ca/files/2015/05/Fact-Sheet-Privacy-of-Email-Systems.pdf .