TECH: Spam

[Madeline Buchanan <mlbuchan@SCOTT.NET>]

I have received spam mail on my personal account because I read Usenet news
as well as browse the web but just today I started receiving some very
unsuitable mail on my school account.  I don't know if this sudden rush is
due to the fact that the school account has not been used (except when I
read the school mail at home through my personal account -- both are with
the same provider) until this week or if the mail is generally sent to all
accounts using the same service provider..

Fortunately, all the mail comes in to one computer in the media center (or
to my home) and students are not allowed to access it themselves.  I am
interested to know what other schools using ISP's are doing to combat this.

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 Madeline L. Buchanan           Voice:  (205) 838-7620
 Library Media Specialist       Fax:    (205) 838-7622
 W. J. Christian School         Email:  mlbuchan @ scott.net
 725 Mountain Drive             http://www.scott.net/~mlbuchan/
 Birmingham, AL  35206          http://www.bhm.k12.al.us/~wjc/

  W. J. Christian School is a Birmingham, Alabama public school.
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