[MCN-L] Webcasting

2008-01-25 Thread Ari Davidow
If you are streaming something live, I'm not sure what the good options currently are (although I ran a Helix server for many years and its server footprint--other than the streams bandwidth--I remember as minimal). If you are streaming something that isn't live, then use of flash (for which you

[MCN-L] Webcasting

2008-01-25 Thread Perian Sully
Dear Len and Alan: Thanks so much for your excellent info! We do indeed wish to use prerecorded audio and video content (if this experiment is a success, we'll look into live broadcasts later). I think my confusion about whether it needs to be a stream or not stems from Second Life's

[MCN-L] Webcasting

2008-01-25 Thread lbritt...@southern-ute.nsn.us
I'm looking for a good sample of a collections manager job description with qualifications--can you help? Lynn Brittner So. Ute Cultural Center Museum

[MCN-L] Coll Mgr job descriptions

2008-01-25 Thread Misunas, Marla
Hi Lynn, If you're looking for collection management (as opposed to collection info mgt), I would start with the Registrar's Committee of AAM: http://www.rcaam.org/ You could also try WMA's Registrars' Committee http://rcwest.invisionplus.net/ Best, Marla Misunas Collections Information

[MCN-L] Coll Mgr job descriptions

2008-01-25 Thread Zogg, Del
Lynne, Attached is my job description for my position here at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. It is somewhat confusing because collections management isn't in the job title, but that is what I do - for works on paper and photography. Del Zogg Works on Paper Study Center Museum of Fine Arts,

[MCN-L] Spam, Spam Glorious Spam

2008-01-25 Thread Holly Witchey
This inquiry from our network manager here at the CMA. Anybody got any good solutions for curing the spam problem? We are getting spam slammed in a huge way. Any and all suggestions will be thoughtfully received and the provider of the best answer will receive (in addition to our eternal

[MCN-L] Spam, Spam Glorious Spam

2008-01-25 Thread Ari Davidow
We are using postini (http://www.postini.com) as our main spam filter. It does two important jobs for us. First, it gets almost all spam. Second, it assures people receiving *our* email that we are not spammers. (Our IT person was getting very, very tired of trying to figure out why people at this

[MCN-L] Spam, Spam Glorious Spam

2008-01-25 Thread Steve Jacobson
I second Ari's recommendation of Postini. Another benefit is that Postini is a hosted service that screens and catches spam off-site before it hits your mail server. Thus it helps conserve both bandwidth and network disk space. Steve -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu

[MCN-L] Spam, Spam Glorious Spam

2008-01-25 Thread Hegley, Douglas
Postini is great, although typically a bit pricey. Compare it to ProofPoint, we have had tremendous success with that solution (after comparison testing with several top of the line alternatives). Have a good weekend. Douglas Douglas Hegley The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sent from my GoodLink

[MCN-L] Spam, Spam Glorious Spam

2008-01-25 Thread Cathryn Goodwin
Princeton University uses ProofPoint - and Spam is something I never see as a result. Cathryn -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu on behalf of Hegley, Douglas Sent: Fri 1/25/2008 3:26 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Spam, Spam Glorious Spam