Re: tictech: OWA and personal use

From: currie morrison (buck63@attbi.com)
Date: Wed Mar 13 2002 - 18:45:12 PST

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    on 3/13/02 9:08 AM, Meyer, Karl at kjmeyer@seattleschools.org wrote:

    > -tictech message:
    >
    > Just recently a co-worker asked me about using
    > OWA for personal communication. Until now I have
    > always encouraged people (and people usually want) to
    > keep a separate personal email address. This person just
    > had a problem with their email provider and wants to
    > do away with his personal address and use OWA for all
    > his email communications.
    >
    > I'm wondering:
    > a) Is this frowned upon? Is OWA for school business only or
    I WOULD NOT USE SCHOOL MAIL FOR PERSONAL MAIL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
    Frowned upon or not. There has never been a consistant amount of up time to
    classify it as reliable.

    > is it a service provided by SSD for our convenience?
    It is primarily a convenience for the school district although in earlier
    years when some schools ran their own email, is was for the staff. It
    reduces paper flow so it may even save a bit of money.
    >
    > b) He is wondering what would happen if someone forwarded an
    > off color joke or message with inappropriate language. Is the
    > district sniffing for this sort of thing?
    ALWAYS!!......DON'T DO IT!!!

    >
    > c) I think there are filters on certain file extensions
    > .mp3, .avi, etc.) in order to control bandwidth. Is this correct?

    YES THE DISTRICT USES ACL'S IN SEVERAL WAYS.
     
    > d) Is there a free email service, like hotmail, out there that
    > is not blocked by bess? I am able to access my ISP web mail service
    > from school, and a free service may be a solution to his problem.
    THE ACL is blocked by port number...it used to be 119 which was the port
    most often used by free email.
    >
    Cheers!
    Currie
    <buck63@attbi.com>

    > Jim Meyer
    > kjmeyer@seattleshools.org
    > Madrona K-8
    >
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