At IU, why shouldn't I use 'webserve.iu.edu' in my URL?

Note: For information about the recent migration to Webserve, see About the IU central web server migration or the IU Webmaster's Migration Information page.

Webserve (webserve.iu.edu) is the name of the central login server for the web server that serves Indiana University Bloomington, IUPUI, IU Northwest, and IU Kokomo (www.indiana.edu, www.iub.edu, www.iupui.edu, www.iun.edu, and www.iuk.edu), but it is not the computer that actually runs the web server for these domains. Several more powerful computers serve these web pages. Webserve is intended to be used by information providers for account maintenance (SSH and SFTP access) only.

If you have any references in your site to webserve.iu.edu in hot links, mailto: links, or published URLs, you should change them to www.indiana.edu, www.iub.edu, www.iupui.edu, www.iun.edu, or www.iuk.edu .

Note: Webserve should not be used as part of your principal email address, since Webserve does not permit incoming mail. Instead, use the mail account that was created with your web account.

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• At IU, how can I receive email about my central server web page?