ICBM-IT
ICBM-IT
Please always send enquiries to ICBM-IT via email to
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Mission statement
We are service-oriented contacts for all questions and problems in the area of IT infrastructure. We see our central tasks in
- advising on the purchase of IT hardware and the use of central IT services at the university,
- setting up and maintaining an operational software environment,
- monitoring and analysing the IT infrastructure in order to avoid problems in advance and ensure security, and
- providing support for IT solutions to questions of scientific computing and data management as well as online teaching and presentation technology.
Our goals are good communication and transparency as well as sustainable solutions and security.
Latest news from ICBM-IT
Changes to the paths to the home drive L:\
[4 September 2026]
From 11 September 2026, access to the home drive (L:\) will only be available via
\\daten.uni-oldenburg.de\myhome (recommended!)
or\\daten.uni-oldenburg.de\home\abcd1234
. Access via
\\daten.uni-oldenburg.de\home
and then navigating to your own directory is no longer possible.
On macOS and Linux devices, the corresponding paths are
smb://daten.uni-oldenburg.de/myhome
andsmb://daten.uni-oldenburg.de/home/abcd1234
See also: https://uol.de/itdienste/services/datenhaltung/home-laufwerk-die-persoenliche-datenablage
Latest news from ICBM-IT
Sending large files via an email plugin
[27 August 2026]
From time to time, there are occasions when large files need to be sent by email. In many cases, it is advisable to send such files not as email attachments, but via a link to the Oldenburg Nextcloud. This has the following benefits:
Reduced data traffic on the email server, as the large volumes of data are routed via the cloud server, which is designed for this purpose.
Attachments sent by mistake (e.g. containing confidential data) can simply be deleted from the cloud storage. Emails generally cannot be retrieved!
Newer versions of a document do not require the email to be resent; the document simply needs to be updated on the cloud server.
ICBM-IT has currently tested:
*cloud for Thunderbird (Windows / Linux) → Installation guide
Nextcloud Connector for Thunderbird (Windows / Linux) → Installation guide
Although the NextCloud Connector is available for Outlook, the installation process aborts with an error message. To the best of our knowledge, *cloud is not available for Outlook. We are still in the testing phase for Mac products.
