[K12OSN] Student run mail system

[Abraham Rolick]

CIPA, as I understand, is leaves very much to be interpreted.  Whether
this is to your advantage or not depends on how much you're willing to
spend on a lawyer ;P

 

I'm certainly no expert on CIPA, but as I understand you have to use
your best efforts to block or filter and visual depictions that are
"harmful to minors."  This includes pornography, of course, among other
things.  So if you offer an unfiltered email system to your students and
they are all well behaved individuals, then I doubt you will ever have
any problems with CIPA or receiving E-rate funding (if that's why you
ask).

 

However, if the students learn that they can email pornographic pictures
to their school hosted email address and view it on district owned and
maintained PCs, then you may start running into some problems.

 

There are some vendors out there that offer email account specifically
designed for the K-12 niche which allegedly scan image files for
potential pornographic content, etc.  The only one that I can think of
off the top of my head is Gaggle.net.

 

-Abe

 

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From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
Behalf Of Jason Neiffer
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:06 PM
To: Support list for open source software in schools.
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Student run mail system

 

I think you are very strictly interpreting CIPA.  I don't believe that
you would have to filter content in email, just like you don't filter
content in web-based email either.

CIPA does suggest that use be monitored, but that is also a very loosely
worded standard. 

Jason
Capital HS/Montana

On 1/16/07, Charlie Robinson <crobinson at usd440.com> wrote:

I'd be curious to see what mechanism is used to filter content on the
student run system as required by CIPA.
How is the email monitored and who does it ?

Charles Robinson, Sys. Admin.
USD440 Halstead-Bentley 
Halstead, KS


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From: "Jim Kronebusch" <jim at winonacotter.org>
To: "Support list for open source software in schools." <
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Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Student run mail system


> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:23:53 -0700, Jim Christiansen wrote 
>> My computer club has asked me if they can setup and run their own
>> mail system on their club K12LTSP 6 system.  I've said yes and am
>> wondering if anyone here has some links on setting up a Squirell 
>> Mail system.  It looks quite complicated...
>>
>> Jim
>
> This is a very easy tutorial that takes about 30 minutes to set up.
Of
> course
> it will take longer if this is the first time you've ever set up a
mail 
> server.  Part 1 gets you through setting up the correct DNS and
installing
> the
> server software.  Part 3 (don't ask where part 2 went :-) has a couple
> paragraphs at the top that help you install and configure
SquirrelMail, 
> you
> can skip the lower portion regarding storing preferences and the
address
> book
> in an external database.  And part 4 configures Anti-Spam/Antivirus
> add-ons.
> Really part 1 and the first portion of part 3 are all you need to get 
> fully
> functioning mail server with SquirrelMail and POP3/SMTP access.  Part
4
> just
> keeps the enlarge this and infect that stuff out of your mail,
configuring
> this could be a real good experience however for your students.  I
have 2 
> mail
> servers currently running this configuration in 2 separate schools
> handling
> about 600 accounts each and it works beautifully.
>
> http://www.hughesjr.com/content/view/16/
>
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