Do you wish you could make Bear Access show just the services you use? In the new version coming this June, you can do that -- and even create a "view" with your own applications -- through a new interface called Runway. Telling Bear Access which World Wide Web browser you prefer is also much easier.
A new, safer way to check your e-mail when you can't use Eudora is on the way, too. Called WebEmail, it lets you check your e-mail on any computer that has a web browser and Cornell's Kerberos and SideCar software. (Bear Access gives you all three.) Your messages are stored temporarily on the central mail server so you can download them later using Eudora.
WebEmail has two big advantages over Traveler's Mail. You can send and receive attached files, and your password is encrypted (better security for you and for Cornell's networks). Once WebEmail is ready, Traveler's Mail -- like its name suggests -- will be available only through off-campus connections.
Check http://www.cit.cornell.edu/bearaccess/ later this month for information on obtaining the new Bear Access.
Spend a little time at http://www.cit.cornell.edu/y2k/y2kyoucan.html to determine what Year 2000 issues your own computer (or software) might have. There's a question-and-answer checklist to help guide you, as well as suggestions for fixing problems.
The Year 2000 issue affects computers, software and computer-controlled systems that represent dates in two-digit form (for example, 99 instead of 1999). Unable to tell whether 00 means 1900 or 2000, these systems may calculate dates incorrectly and fail as a result.
Before the end of June, you're encouraged to upgrade your Macintosh operating system to the latest version your computer can run. Cornell's MacOS site license expires June 30, and Cornell Information Technologies anticipates that free upgrades will not be available after that time.
The newest operating system is MacOS 8.5.1. This update to MacOS 8.5 runs on iMacs, PowerMac G3s and any PowerMac or PowerBook with a 4-digit model number. Older computers should be upgraded to MacOS 8.1 if possible.
See http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/mac/macos.html for details.
The "@cornell.edu" column is edited by Beth Goelzer Lyons of CIT. Please send suggestions to citnews@cornell.edu . For more technology news, see the CIT News web site http://www.cit.cornell.edu/citpubs/news/ .
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