Usenet News at UVa

[Nov 23, 2009 14:09] Web access to Microsoft Live@edu accounts now works.

Joining the UVaCollab UVa Want Ads Site

ITC retired the Usenet network news service on December 19, 2007. Access to newsgroups via news.virginia.edu is no longer possible and no local newsgroups exist, including uva.want-ads. Alternatives to the uva.want-ads newsgroup include Craigslist, Charlottesville Freecycle Yahoo Group, Virginia Athletics Ticket Marketplace, TheSabre.com Ticket Exchange, and a UVaCollab joinable group named "UVa Want Ads" which requires that you log in using your UVa computing ID and password, or your UVa Digital Certificate (via NetBadge). This UVaCollab site is UVa-controlled and access is restricted for your security. It is free of commercial ads; only community ads and announcements may be posted. To join:

  1. Browse to https://collab.itc.virginia.edu/portal
  2. Click the UVa Login button.
  3. Enter your computing ID (the first part of your email address, what precedes @virginia.edu) and password for one of the types of accounts listed on the NetBadge authentication screen.
  4. On the My Workspace tab, click on Membership in the lefthand column.
  5. Click on Joinable Sites at the top of the view.
  6. Find UVa Want Ads in the list of joinable sites. (It is currently on the last "page" of groups.)
  7. Click the Join link under the site title to join the site.
  8. Navigate to the UVa Want Ads site in the blue site navigation bar.
  9. Use the Want Ads link in the left menu to read and post ads.

You may use your Eservices password in order to authenticate to UVaCollab via NetBadge. If you don't know it, or have forgotten it, you may access it through https://www.web.virginia.edu/pswd/.

If further assistance is needed, please contact the ITC Help Desk.

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