Fw: [seul-edu] StarOffice in University student labs

[Douglas Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> From: George Holmes <gholmes@uark.edu>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: [seul-edu] StarOffice in University student labs

> Overview: I'm looking for help with configuration of Sun's
> StarOffice
> StarMail (SMTP) in general access computing labs on a
> university campus,
> and after searching and posting to newsgroups, sifting through
> FAQ
> files, etc., I'm turning to this list...
> 
> Background: I'm in charge of 40 seats in two computer labs
> used for
> teaching general computing software. The machines are
> dual-boot,
> Linux/Windows, and (if I say so myself) in a clever move to
> get students
> more comfortable with the Linux side, I've installed
> StarOffice 5.2
> under both OS's, with the idea that after using the suite
> under Windows
> for a few weeks, something familiar will be waiting when
> students boot
> into Linux.
> 
> SEUL/Ed Connection: Using this "academic need" for
> cover/leverage, I've
> successfully lobbied to our campus computing service to
> install
> StarOffice 5.2 for Windows campus-wide in the general access
> labs. Maybe
> by next Fall, I can push for a Linux partition as well.
> Meanwhile ...
> 
> The Help Request: The campus-wide install has a hold-up,
> StarMail. Until
> can hide/disable the SMTP capabilities of StarMail, the
> computing
> services division is unwilling roll out the application, for
> fear (well
> grounded I might add) of wholesale spoofing by clever
> students.
> 
> As stated, I've searched newsgroups, FAQ files, done Web
> searches, and
> so far struck out. Anyone here have experience with this, know
> someone I
> can contact, etc.? 
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
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