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at 09:35:13 on Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Tim Turner <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>We block access to Hotmail and similar web-based email accounts - if I typed
>the address in now I would get a Restricted Site page. I don't work in IT
>and my IT colleagues could probably explain it better than me, but I think
>that the reason for this is that by blocking access to web-based email, we
>hope to reduce the risk that harmful or undesirably large attachments etc.
>will be sent to work computers.
Broadening the question to other local authority premises (eg schools) I
was surprised to learn that at my kids' school they are *only* allowed
to use hotmail etc. I suspect that's because they haven't issued the
children with email accounts on a local mail server [1], so webmail is
the only possibility. Why do they need to email anything you may ask:
well apparently it's commonplace to email half-finished projects home to
finish as homework (and a recent survey at the school found 98% of homes
had a PC).
Do any of this list's participants know of any "pupil email at school"
policies in place?
[1] Unlike staff, who have them.
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Roland Perry
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