Wednesday
April 14, 2004
Vol 1, No 39

1. IT installs anti-spam filter
2. Legislative update focuses on state funding
3. Board OKs study abroad course and sabbaticals, nixes certificates
4. Music, fun…and all that jazz

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1. IT installs anti-spam filter

A new anti-spam filter should be up and running Monday, Information Technology has announced.

"The plan, pending different information from the vendor, is to set the filter at the lowest level of filtration, which will filter out the most easily identified spam," said Yvonne Flood, interim assistant vice president for information technology, noting that the filter may remove some e-mail that users want to receive.

"We want to encourage people to pay attention to that and let the Help Desk know if they are not receiving e-mail they want to receive," Flood said.

If the filter set at the lowest level fails to reduce the incidence of spam among Metro users, a higher level of filtration may be necessary. "In that case, users may be given the option of viewing the e-mails that have been filtered out and deciding whether or not to receive them," Flood said.

Of the approximately 110,000 e-mail messages that are sent to Metro
State users (from non Metro State users) each day, IT estimates that 65 percent to 75 percent of the messages – nearly 83,000 – are spam.

"Filtering spam is not a perfect process, and probably never will be. We will all probably continue to receive some spam e-mail. Our hope is to cut down on the amount delivered to users' inboxes by about 80 percent. If we can accomplish that, we will consider the project a success."

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2. Legislative update focuses on state funding

State funding was the main topic at last week's legislative update sponsored by the Higher Education Association of the Rockies. Panelists discussed challenges and possible solutions. Go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/funding_twv1041404.htm

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3. Board OKs study abroad course and sabbaticals, nixes certificates

During last Wednesday's regular monthly meeting, the Board of Trustees approved a new study abroad course, deleted several certificate programs and approved sabbaticals for five faculty. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/bot_twv1041404.htm

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4. Music, fun…and all that jazz

It's springtime in Denver…mild evenings, blooming flowers and the sounds of cool jazz at the Auraria Campus.

The third annual Jazz Celebration at Metro State, hosted by the Department of Music in partnership with Denver Public Schools and the Denver School of the Arts, runs this Thursday through Saturday at the King Center for the Performing Arts. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/jazz_twv1041404.htm

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