XCOURSE - Day 4
Goals
In this session you will:
- learn the structure of email
- learn how email is routed
- troubleshoot email errors
- use a killfile
- learn how listservers work
- review basic security meausures
email
- client/server (surprise!)
- SMTP v. POPx protocols
- mechanics of transport, spool
Style and Content issues in online messaging
filtering/killfiling
list servers
- majordomo, listserv, onelist.com lists
- broadcast v. discussion
Security
Security
- social considerations
- the bad news: ease v. cost v. power
- passwords: design and implementation (monitors, all my
passwords, expiry, saving passwords)
- logoffs (inc. shutting down browsers)
- identity sharing (cheating)
administrative considerations
- ECPA 1985
- regular spot checks
- quotas
- mailspools
- crack your own passwd
- Wrap-up
- Survey!