Block That Spam

Inside Higher Ed has a good article on a federal appeals court ruled that the First Amendment and a federal law do not limit the ability of a public college to block spam from reaching users’ e-mail accounts. Steven L. Worona, director of policy and networking programs for Educause, said that the ruling was significant for higher education broadly, not just the University of Texas. “There are many campuses where literally 90 percent or more of their e-mail is spam, and it’s a huge expense,” Worona said. “It’s extremely important for universities to find appropriate, legal, effective ways to limit the amount of spam that they have to process.”

August 5, 2005 by Uncategorized 0

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