Re: Mass E-mail to Students, Staff, and Faculty

[Colleen Keller <ckeller () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Hi Jay

EDUCAUSE has a collection of policies on the use of mass/bulk e-mail.
You can find a list of the policies on the "Electronic Communication
Policies" term page.  (Click on Policies tab)
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/Electronic+Communication+Polici
es/33325
 
Please let me know if you have any questions, thank you.

Colleen Keller
Electronic Resources Librarian
EDUCAUSE

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Jay Graham
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:51 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Mass E-mail to Students, Staff, and Faculty

Folks,

I know this is not exactly a security topic, but does have security
implications. We are still getting pressure from University
organizations to use email as a medium to contact Faculty, Students, and
Staff.  We have sort of a defacto policy in place that requires approval
from an executive office before we allow it.

A copuple of questions I have are:

1. Does your school allow the use of Mass e-mail?

2. Do you require approval and from whom?

3. Do you have a tool that the requester(s) can use to send it
themselves or does central IT send it for them?

Thanks,
Jay Graham
University of Pittsburgh