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October 22, 2007
Presbyterian Center domain name changes
@ctr.pcusa.org is now @pcusa.org
LOUISVILLE — The domain name for all email addresses of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) national staff members has changed from @ctr.pcusa.org to @pcusa.org.
Also, the individual inbox protocol has been changed from first initial-last name (e.g., jvanmart) to first name.last name (e.g., jerry.vanmarter).
General Assembly Council Executive Director Linda Valentine said, “We want to make it easier for constituents to contact us, so we are moving to a simpler firstname/lastname address, and the simpler pcusa.org format.”
Email sent to the old domain address will go through indefinitely, but Office of Information Systems coordinator Beth Basham said email that mixes the old and new formats will not be received.
The changes affect the General Assembly Council, the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program.
They do not affect the Board of Pensions, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation and the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation.
Basham said users have requested the change.
“For some time, users have been dissatisfied with our using GroupWise email and calendaring system due to its cumbersome nature and its lack of integration with other key systems such as Microsoft Office,” she explained. “Moving to Microsoft Outlook will make for easier work flow, more intuitive use, and provide better access to the web.”
She added that moving to Microsoft Outlook will “soon make it possible to offer email services that include spam and anti-virus scanning to middle governing bodies. We’re working out the details for this now.” |
