Thursday, March 19, 2009

Email Addresses/Spam

St. Mary=B9s has always refrained from posting real email addresses on the
public areas of our website. For instance, instead of posting the email
address for the Director of Admission, we use a generic email that forwards
to her at the server level: directorofadmission@stmarysschool.org
The reason we post in this manner is to help alleviate some of the spam and
spoofing we so enjoy. We have a Barracuda Spam Filter which works pretty
well, but certainly isn=B9t infallible. My questions to the group are: Do yo=
u
follow a similar practice regarding the posting of real email addresses in
public areas of your website? If no, how do you control the spam? Have you
found a spam filter that is more effective than the Barracuda? Any comments
and/or suggestions are appreciated.

Melissa
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Melissa Lofton
Director of Technology
St. Mary's Episcopal School
60 Perkins Extended
Memphis, TN 38117

901-537-1473

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