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Volume 38, No. 9 |
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Caring from a distance |
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Faculty members honored for excellence in teaching |
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Blood: the gift that some keep on giving |
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"Quote.....Endquote" |
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News Briefs |
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Faculty receive support for new international courses |
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University's target indicators, annual report available |
Mass e-mail policy
The new policy, which applies to both on-campus and off-campus senders of e-mail to more than 1,000 recipients, requires senders to obtain administrative approval based on both the author and the intended audience.
The purpose of the policy is to reduce unwanted e-mail while allowing instructional and administrative e-mail to proceed as usual. A University web site, www.its.uiowa.edu/its/cs/email/massmail/, contains the policy and supporting information. E-mail may not be the best choice for all communication, and potential senders may wish to consider alternative methods, such as those offered at www.its.uiowa.edu/its/cs/email/massmail/methods.htm.
The new service allows anyone on or off campus to request a mass e-mail, which will be processed in a manner that allows each recipient to filter unwanted messages. The use of filters, however, won’t always prevent receipt of unsolicited e-mail sent from outside the University. Public records laws still may require the University to provide e-mail address data to outside entities, but everyone’s use of the campus e-mail system is subject to this policy.
Faculty and staff may set e-mail filters within their personal e-mail client software, which may reduce the amount of unwanted mail received. These options vary with the software. Samples and suggestions for Eudora, Netscape, and Outlook are available at www.its.uiowa.edu/its/cs/email/filter.html. These filters often require careful configuration and may need to be adjusted periodically. The guidelines and categories may help users set desired filters.
Questions about this new policy may be directed to Chris Pruess at
chris-pruess@uiowa.edu. Questions about the new service may be directed
to the ITS Campus Services E-mail Team at its-e-mail@uiowa.edu.
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