Technology Services offers spam-filtering software
Kyle Mayhugh/ Staff writer
Issue date: 4/13/05 Section: News
Eastern's Technology Services is preparing to install spam-filtering software on the campus e-mail network, Chat Chatterji told the Faculty Senate yesterday.
Chatterji, the associate vice president for information technology services, said the system, which does not have a set implementation date, would mark potentially unwanted e-mail and let the user decide how much of it is trashed.
"It (the level of spam filtration) would be set for that computer, but it would not be global (because) that would be censoring," Chatterji said.
Chatterji said he felt trashing e-mails before they got to the user would "put us in the role of Big Brother."
The filtration program would assign a "spam number" from one to 10 and mark the message subject as spam.
The user could decide what spam number would be the threshold for sending a message to the trash folder.
Chatterji said there has been a spike in spam messages received in campus e-mail accounts this year because the university no longer has a spam filter.
A previous attempt at spam control "was a huge burden on our old server, and subsequently, it killed the server," Chatterji said.
Also at the meeting, Ceci Brinker, director of student life, talked to the senate about her office's plans for the upcoming year and how faculty can be more involved.
"Our staff and our department try very hard to keep students involved," Brinker said.
Brinker said a faculty lecture series and advising of registered student organizations were the faculty's best chance to participate in student life.
The Faculty Senate meets at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Conference Room 4440 in Booth Library.
Chatterji, the associate vice president for information technology services, said the system, which does not have a set implementation date, would mark potentially unwanted e-mail and let the user decide how much of it is trashed.
"It (the level of spam filtration) would be set for that computer, but it would not be global (because) that would be censoring," Chatterji said.
Chatterji said he felt trashing e-mails before they got to the user would "put us in the role of Big Brother."
The filtration program would assign a "spam number" from one to 10 and mark the message subject as spam.
The user could decide what spam number would be the threshold for sending a message to the trash folder.
Chatterji said there has been a spike in spam messages received in campus e-mail accounts this year because the university no longer has a spam filter.
A previous attempt at spam control "was a huge burden on our old server, and subsequently, it killed the server," Chatterji said.
Also at the meeting, Ceci Brinker, director of student life, talked to the senate about her office's plans for the upcoming year and how faculty can be more involved.
"Our staff and our department try very hard to keep students involved," Brinker said.
Brinker said a faculty lecture series and advising of registered student organizations were the faculty's best chance to participate in student life.
The Faculty Senate meets at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Conference Room 4440 in Booth Library.
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