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Campus Computing NewsA word from your E-mail Postmaster …By Bahram Paiani, Postmaster, UNT Messaging Systems GroupHi there, I would like to welcome all students, faculty and staff to the 2009 spring semester here at UNT and assure you that the state of UNT's E-mail system is sound. As you all know, E-mail has become a major communication tool. Everyday we communicate with friends, family and almost everybody else via E-mail. Only ten years ago we had one very small computer as the backbone of our E-mail system. The campus at most sent and received a few thousand E-mail messages a day; there was no spam, no viruses, and no other major treats. Things changed, however, and about five years ago we needed to come up with a more sophisticated system to protect UNT from malicious viruses and unsolicited commercial mail. We went through a number of homemade E-mail systems until we obtained a new anti-spam/anti-virus software system that came online in November 2007. This new system is called IronPort which is now a subsidiary of CISCO TM systems. IronPort uses several different techniques to eliminate a broad range of known and emerging treats. In the last year alone we have blocked 1.2 Gigabytes of messages that potentially contained major treats targeting our E-mail systems and the UNT community (see other statistics in Figure 1).
IronPort also quarantines E-mail that is perceived to be "spam". You can access our quarantine system by logging in to https://spam.unt.edu with your EUID and your password. You have the option of deleting the E-mail or releasing it if you would like to have that piece of mail in your mailbox. You also have the option to put any E-mail message that you do not want to receive anymore in your personal blacklist. Spammers constantly use new techniques to penetrate our E-mail systems so please be vigilant to report any piece of E-mail that you perceive to be spam to spam@access.ironport.com. We use your reporting to incorporate new rules into our system to block further e-mail from the spammer(s) site(s). Please do not hesitate to contact the UNT Messaging Systems Group if you have e-mail questions. Again welcome back and good luck in the new semester!
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