Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Re: ISED-L Web Mail Policies

Hey Keith! Quick Q: Can I access Facebook group pages while at MPH? I
want to find the page for Z club, but when I click on group pages, it seems
like they are blocked. Thank you!!!


On 9/17/08 1:23 AM, "Keith E Gatling" <keith@gatling.us> wrote:

> We *encourage* our students to use webmail accounts, and teach them how to
> POP their MPH email accounts into whatever web client they prefer to use, as
> it saves space on our server, they're more likely to check it, and is often
> easier to use than what we have (OWA).
>
> I remember about 12 years ago when the email question first came up, some
> people on campus were all about severely limiting what they could do and
> forcing them to only use *our* email so that we could *control* them and
> possibly even punish electronic infractions by cutting off their email for a
> certain number of days. The reality since then as new providers have arisen
> and webmail has become the new reality is that that model just doesn't work.
> Or if it does "work," it does so at the cost of other things.
>
> I say that if they have webmail through some other service, let them access
> it.
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Kathy Moore <KMoore@all-saints.org> wrote:
>
>> We currently have web mail blocked in the Content Filter Categories of our
>> security gateway. So if a student wants to retrieve email via a Yahoo web
>> mail account for example, he/she will get a screen stating that site is
>> blocked.
>>
>> My vote is to enable all web mail for the campus. Please share your
>> thoughts regarding the consequences of unblocking web mail.
>>
>> Kathy D. Moore
>> Director of Technology
>> All Saints Episcopal School
>> 2695 SSW Loop 323
>> Tyler, TX 75701
>> 903.579.6000 x1208
>>
>>
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>>
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
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[ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
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