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Open records act a loophole for spam
SELENA ROBINSON For The Red & Black
Issue date: 2/15/07 Section: News
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University officials are unable to confirm attendance, enrollment or graduation status to employers or other universities if students are not on directory lists.
Removal from directory lists would make it difficult for government-related agencies and other universities to contact University
employees.
"There is no middle road when it comes to directory information listing," Jackson said. "Students and employees have to make a tough decision."
However, some students wish there were some sort of middle ground.
"I don't mind receiving information about clubs and activities," said Deborah Choe, a freshman from Tucker. "However, I am extremely aggravated
when companies send unsolicited mail."
Despite not being able to change Georgia's law, the University's Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS), continues to combat the amount of spam students receive in their inboxes.
"We know how annoying it is for students and employees to have their inboxes littered with junk mail," officials from the EITS help desk said.
"While we cannot change the law, we can and have put more filters in UGAMail accounts to identify spam and place it in the junk mail folder."
On Dec. 7 2006, EITS implemented MailHurdle, a new anti-spam software tool, as the next step in an ongoing comprehensive strategy aimed at reducing the amount of spam reaching UGAMail inboxes, Bert DeSimone announced in a Dec. 6 news release.
EITS plans to continue researching new ways to keep spam out of UGAMail accounts, the news release stated.
University officials are unable to confirm attendance, enrollment or graduation status to employers or other universities if students are not on directory lists.
Removal from directory lists would make it difficult for government-related agencies and other universities to contact University
employees.
"There is no middle road when it comes to directory information listing," Jackson said. "Students and employees have to make a tough decision."
However, some students wish there were some sort of middle ground.
"I don't mind receiving information about clubs and activities," said Deborah Choe, a freshman from Tucker. "However, I am extremely aggravated
when companies send unsolicited mail."
Despite not being able to change Georgia's law, the University's Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS), continues to combat the amount of spam students receive in their inboxes.
"We know how annoying it is for students and employees to have their inboxes littered with junk mail," officials from the EITS help desk said.
"While we cannot change the law, we can and have put more filters in UGAMail accounts to identify spam and place it in the junk mail folder."
On Dec. 7 2006, EITS implemented MailHurdle, a new anti-spam software tool, as the next step in an ongoing comprehensive strategy aimed at reducing the amount of spam reaching UGAMail inboxes, Bert DeSimone announced in a Dec. 6 news release.
EITS plans to continue researching new ways to keep spam out of UGAMail accounts, the news release stated.
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