[Web4lib] IT wants to block Hotmail

[Richard Wiggins]

Well said.

You might as well block access to Main Street because a criminal might drive
down that path.

/rich

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:00 PM, rileyhuf <rileyhuf at olemiss.edu> wrote:

> 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
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