The Student Account Management System (SAMS) has been revised for the Summer term. This revised version will be in effect beginning Monday, April 29. We are interested in testing this new procedure for account creation for the summer term so that by fall we have identified and corrected any problems. The major change to procedure is in the creation of phoenix accounts for students. In the past we have processed course lists and passed on the phoenix accounts to the instructor. Due to the enourmous amount of phoenix accounts that are created, there is some concern that we not discontinue this practice. I would very much appreciate your input on this matter, and also hope to evaluate this in the summer term. Thanks!!! SAMS provides a method for any registered York student to request the creation of computer accounts for their academic use on selected CCS supported computing facilities. Students are assigned a unique YU numbered userid (eg. yu123456) which is used as their account name on the systems they select. The changes in this revised version of SAMS are: 1. E-Mail Account Prerequisite Students will now be required to have an e-mail account before they can request an account on any of the other CCS supported computing facilities. This will help to ensure that they can be contacted in regards to their other accounts as needed. For example, the e-mail account might be used to notify them when their high-speed modem account is about to expire. 2. Phoenix Account Creation Phoenix accounts can now be requested by the student. CCS will no longer be creating Phoenix accounts based on course enrollment. Faculty who wish to have their students use the Phoenix facility for course related work, should instruct the students to register for an account using SAMS. 3. Improved Screen Information The SAMS screens will now have information to assist the student in the selection of their accounts. This information will explain how the YU userid is used, why an e-mail account is required before other accounts can be created, and the purpose of other accounts (Phoenix, Apollo, TACACS, etc.). You can telnet to SAMS from any location. If you require additional information about SAMS, please contact CCS Help Services. Marion Stehouwer *****PLEASE NOTE***** Email Project Coordinator MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS IS [log in to unmask] CCIS, rm T103, Steacie ext# 33802