[Web4lib] IT wants to block Hotmail

[rileyhuf]

Blocking access to important services it not a solution, it is the hallmark
of incompetence.

Debra

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Baldwin, Susan <sbaldwin at nngov.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Our city IT dept recently received a letter from our ISP stating that we
> are in violation of our terms of service due to someone sending
> inappropriate/threatening email from our domain. Apparently the e-mail was
> sent from a hotmail account, so the city wants to block access to hotmail,
> across the city. This would severely affect our patrons, as many of them use
> hotmail. In addition, they are also now thinking of blocking web-based
> e-mail access on all city computers, although we are not sure if this would
> include our public computers.
>
> My question is, has anyone else had any similar experiences? Other than
> complaining to IT and reminding them know how our patrons use the computers,
> we are not sure what else to do. I'm sure there is more to the story, but
> this is all we know so far.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sue
>
> Sue Baldwin
> Technology Librarian
> Newport News Public Library System
> 700 Town Center Drive Suite 300
> Newport News, VA 23606
> sbaldwin at nngov.com
>
>
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Debra Riley-Huff
Web Services Librarian
Assistant Professor
JD Williams Library
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
662-915-7353
rileyhuf at olemiss.edu