[K12OSN] Student run mail system

[Charlie Robinson]

This was posted today by our State Dept. of Education as it relates to NCIPA and CIPA.
http://www.e-ratecentral.com/CIPA/cipa_policy_primer.pdf.

We filter with a commercial firmware device and offer student email accounts through a commercial site.
We run weekly reports on both.

-Charlie-

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Abraham Rolick 
  To: Support list for open source software in schools. 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:36 PM
  Subject: RE: [K12OSN] Student run mail system


  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


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Jim Kronebusch" <jim at winonacotter.org>
  To: "Support list for open source software in schools." < k12osn at redhat.com>
  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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  Jason Neiffer
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