What is SPAM and viruses and how does the District combat them?
The District makes extensive use of electronic mail (e-mail) to conduct its day to day business. There are more than 8,500 e-mail accounts currently in use by teachers, staff and administrators and the District processes in excess of 100,000 electronic mail messages per day. Numerous automated systems monitor and filter the District’s e-mail services. In fact, over one-third of all e-mail is filtered due content, viruses and SPAM. The filtering services in use are state of the art; however, the Internet and e-mail are constantly evolving and new threats are discovered on a daily basis. Users of the District e-mail system need to be aware and vigilant of these potential threats and how to cope with and report them.
