How To Manage Subscriptions to IT Status Alerts

Rice TS&S uses a vendor-hosted service, StatusPage, to post and communicate IT service outages and scheduled maintenance windows. You may take action to subscribe to receive alerts via email or SMS.

Subscribe or Update Subscriptions Via Email

To subscribe or update a current subscription to IT status alerts via email, visit https://status.rice.edu and
select => Subscribe To Updates => select the envelope icon => enter your email address => select Subscribe via Email option.

Please note that when you receive alerts, they will come from noreply@statuspage.io.

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Subscribe via email to alerts

You will be sent an OTP (one time passcode) to your email address. Enter your email address and the OTP, then select "Subscribe to Updates".

The next step is to confirm the type of alerts you would like to receive. Options are pictured below. By default, customers will receive notifications for all outages, but the option is also available to pick and choose notifications for specific outages only. These choices can be updated at any time by repeating this subscription process as documented above. After selecting which components you wish to receive updates for, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Save."

Select the types of alerts to receive notification

In order to receive alerts, you MUST respond to confirm your subscription by clicking on the email link pictured below.

Select the types of alerts to receive notification

Unsubscribe from Alerts Via Email

To unsubscribe from IT status alerts via email, locate an alert message in your email and click on the "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email message.

Unsubcribe from OIT Alerts Via Email


Subscribe or Update Subscriptions Via SMS

To subscribe or update a current subscription to IT status alerts via SMS, visit https://status.rice.edu and
select => Subscribe To Updates => select the phone icon => enter your phone number => select Subscribe via Text Message option.

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subscribe your phone or smart device to OIT’s StatusPage alerts via SMS

You will receive a text message with instructions to complete the sign-up process.

The next step is to confirm the type of alerts you would like to receive. Options are pictured below. By default, customers will receive notifications for all outages, but the option is also available to pick and choose notifications for specific outages only. These choices can be updated at any time by repeating this subscription process as documented above. 

Note that after subscribing you will receive a text message confirming your subscription.
Select the types of alerts to receive notification

Unsubscribe from Alerts Via SMS

To stop receiving IT status alerts via SMS, reply with “STOP" to one of the SMS messages that you have received.


Questions

Contact the TS&S (Rice IT) Service Desk



Keywords:
StatusPage, Alerts, Maintenance, uptime 
Doc ID:
84257
Owned by:
Troy H. in Rice U
Created:
2018-07-24
Updated:
2026-11-09
Sites:
Rice University