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Joe (won@oldyeller.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
: According to the Policy,  E-Mail is developed to accomplish the
: work of the University.  Forget the fact that the Internet was
: created by the government and nurtured into the behemoth that
: it is by students and businesses for the free flow of information.
: If you use the University's E-Mail system,  you are expected to use
: it for academic pursuits.  You are expected to limit personal use.
: (Meaning limit the mail you would usually send to family members
:  and friends that would be difficult to contact without E-Mail
:  and use it only for your classes and research)  Personal use is
: only allowed if it is "INCIDENTAL" or "OCCASIONAL". ?  How do you
: [...]
: It is also never to be used for personal gain.  Don't use the system 
: to join discussion groups for any of your hobbies...don't use the system 
: to sell you used computer...don't use the system to announce community 
: events...don't use it to find your poor lost dog...

The usage policy as far as I can tell really isn't anything new, nor is
it as restrictive in practise as you suggest.  The "personal gain" bit
is intended to make it clear that you shouldn't use a University account
to advertise or run your personal business, not to prevent you from posting
a lost+found ad.  Since the University system is partially funded by
taxpayer dollars it would be improper for you as a CU affiliate to use your
account as a discount source of advertising.

If you want to run a business on the 'net, or transfer so much personal
email that it would come to the attention of the administrators here (which
would be a *heck* of a lot) I'd recommend you get an account with one of
the local ISPs such as Indra's Net (http://www.indra.com).  The rates are
quite reasonable and unlike AOL and similar large clueless corporate
entities you'll not have restrictions put on your on-line language and
such.

PGP is an excellent idea if you wish to restrict distribution of anything
you store electronically.  Email is inherently insecure, and CU is by no
means unusual in claiming the right to read your email under vaguely-worded
"extenuating circumstances".

I do not work for CNS and the above should be taken as a "personal" (grin)
opinion and not as University policy.

                       -Robert Tarrall.-
                       Unix System/Network Admin
                       Laboratory for Computational Dynamics
                       CU - Boulder