OIT will temporarily shut down the University's IMAP email and Webmail Saturday to make long-overdue updates.
An email sent on Monday to all students explained that the outage will take place approximately between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Charles Kruger, manager of Unix operating systems at OIT, said the system may return to operation before the stated 5 p.m. deadline.
"This time period includes the chance for problems, and therefore, we don't expect it to really go for that long," Kruger said.
The three-and-a-half to four-year-old hardware, which Kruger described as "reaching the end of its life and capacity," is being replaced by hardware with more than double the capabilities.
Additionally, the current IMAP messaging system will be upgraded to the newest available version, and the ability to switch from one server (IMAP or Webmail) to another in case of a failure is being added.
In the email sent to students about the outage, OIT officials stated that that they chose the first Saturday of fall break to minimize the impact of the outage on students' work.
Any emails sent during the shutdown will be held until the system is restored.
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