'Waste of time' mass e-mails slow down MSC network
Wendy Vair
Issue date: 5/8/09 Section: News
Microsoft Outlook is a helpful tool used by students, faculty and staff all across campus. Students can easily communicate with anyone on campus just by finding their name in the address list.
Although the e-mail program has many benefits to everyone on campus it also has a down fall: mass e-mails.
Morrisville is home to about thirty-three hundred students, said Security Systems and Network Manager Craig Brown. And if each student sends out one mass e-mail, that's a lot of e-mails Brown said.
Network administrations student David Burroughs said that mass e-mails are "annoying" and that they clutter up his inbox. He also said they are "a waste of everyone's time."
At Orientation, students are told of the mass e-mail rule but with all the excitement of the first week at college that information can be forgotten.
Students also may not know that there is a code of conduct that all students have to sign stating that you will not use Webmail or Outlook for campus wide e-mails. Brown said most students sent to him for breaking mass e-mail regulations did not realize they were doing anything wrong.
Brown said the school discourages mass e-mails as best they can. If a staff member sees that a student has sent out a campus wide e-mail or they receive complaints of a student sending them out, that student's account is temporally frozen until they have a one-on-one meeting with Brown. Brown said he has not seen the same person twice about e-mails.
Humanities and social science major and Help Desk employee Steven Finch said that a student replying to mass e-mails with the "reply all" button is a "bad idea." This can also warrant a student to take a trip down to Brown's office. He also said students should read the things that they sign and that all contracts are available for more information.
There are two reasons mass e-mails are discouraged, Brown said. The first reason is that they go to everyone on campus, including maintenance staff and the president. Brown said that he does not care if you are looking for a new roommate for next semester, these e-mails are considered spam.
Although the e-mail program has many benefits to everyone on campus it also has a down fall: mass e-mails.
Morrisville is home to about thirty-three hundred students, said Security Systems and Network Manager Craig Brown. And if each student sends out one mass e-mail, that's a lot of e-mails Brown said.
Network administrations student David Burroughs said that mass e-mails are "annoying" and that they clutter up his inbox. He also said they are "a waste of everyone's time."
At Orientation, students are told of the mass e-mail rule but with all the excitement of the first week at college that information can be forgotten.
Students also may not know that there is a code of conduct that all students have to sign stating that you will not use Webmail or Outlook for campus wide e-mails. Brown said most students sent to him for breaking mass e-mail regulations did not realize they were doing anything wrong.
Brown said the school discourages mass e-mails as best they can. If a staff member sees that a student has sent out a campus wide e-mail or they receive complaints of a student sending them out, that student's account is temporally frozen until they have a one-on-one meeting with Brown. Brown said he has not seen the same person twice about e-mails.
Humanities and social science major and Help Desk employee Steven Finch said that a student replying to mass e-mails with the "reply all" button is a "bad idea." This can also warrant a student to take a trip down to Brown's office. He also said students should read the things that they sign and that all contracts are available for more information.
There are two reasons mass e-mails are discouraged, Brown said. The first reason is that they go to everyone on campus, including maintenance staff and the president. Brown said that he does not care if you are looking for a new roommate for next semester, these e-mails are considered spam.