Any idea how this has happened...?

This Mr. X joins one of the yahoo groups (for which he got an invitation). He doesn't know what are the e-mail ids of the other 49 members of the group (coz he's new to the group). The next day, the 49 other members of the group complain, "we all received an e-mail from your yahoo id Mr. X, saying '...Love You...', which contained a disaster virus."

To that Mr. X replied, "I just became a member of that group and didn't even go on to see what the group looked like etc., and then I went offline."

What might have been the reason for this or in other words how is this possible? (anyone)

Link Field activated on Blog

This post is to particularly notify Nikhil, that the Link Field option has been activated as per his request. Incase you face problems pls comment.

First thoughts on sampleX.kmv.edu

A. We need to work on the design. [note: style|looks!=design] Some questions you need to ask while doing this:
1) WHY are YOU making this website?
2) WHAT does this website INTEND to DO?
3) WHO is going to USE this website? and HOW?

B. Style / Aesthetics: Needs work. We need to look like a college website. Credibility and authority are very closely related to aesthetics*. Since this is an .edu site, this is a VERY important issue. The important thing is to have the design (A) clean enough so that we can modify (B) independent of (A). One way to do this: Use XHMTL/CSS.

C. Use: Apart from being a brochure like everything else on the internet, does this have a purpose? e.g.: 1) attract international students? 2) establish an online identity for kmv? 3) foster intra-collegiate communication? Would like thoughts.

D. Maintainability: Who maintains the site? Does it die once it is up? or is there a web team?

I would appreciate if I can get thoughts / comments from whoever's involved. That includes faculty, if any. Once we have these ground facts covered, we can take this ahead.

Some links to see:

- http://www.mit.edu (see this every day, it changes!)
- http://www.simmons.edu/gradstudies/
- http://www.nid.edu
- http://drupal.org
- http://www.du.ac.in (to learn what NOT to do)

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(*'net's down here, or I'd link to a very nice study about this. But it's common sense anyway, you'd rather believe someone telling you about the missing coefficients in the theory of relativity if they look like Einstein than if they look like Britney Spears.)

Web, Blog, and Mail...

The following are links to the three samples of the main KMV website:

Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3

The KMV Beta Blog is hosted at: http://blog.kmv.edu
The KMV Main Blog is obviously where you are right now!

Also, the mail servers are working perfectly fine. You can try them at info@kmv.edu or admin@kmv.edu or justanythingyoufeellike@kmv.edu.

Any idea about this Prof. at DU...?

If anyone knows where I can find Dr. D. S. Kothari, Prof. - Delhi University, Physicist & Astrophysicist, pls reply as comment to this post.

KMV.edu

Development work on the College Website has begun. So, pls give your suggestions as comments to this post.