Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wucs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!wucs!kurt From: kurt@wucs.UUCP (Kurt Haserodt) Newsgroups: net.news.adm Subject: Should news/mail access be given to students? Message-ID: <399@wucs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 02:25:23 EDT Article-I.D.: wucs.399 Posted: Fri Oct 5 02:25:23 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Oct-84 04:37:39 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis, CS Dept. Lines: 27 Those of you who administrate news and systems in universities-- do you let the general student population read news? post news? receive mail? send mail? This is what we currently do: the machines on which the students (both undergrad and grad) do their work only receive very local newsgroups and the students can (and are encouraged to) post to these. Also while they can receive mail from anywhere they can only send it to a select set of local machines. Some students have access to research machines, and so all the privileges this honor bestows (basically unlimited access to the net and mail). We try not to restrict these people in any way (takes too much time--but if any of you have complaints let me know). Of course some of these students allow others to use their accounts (again we like to be flexible here), and so there is a group of students who HAVE access and a much larger group who HAVE NOT (funny how this mimics life). If you all will be so kind as to comment on this and/or tell me what restrictions (if any) you use, I will be happy to post a summary (though some discussion might be worthwhile). -- Kurt Haserodt ..!ihnp4!wucs!kurt Box 1045 Washington University (314)-889-6160 St. Louis, MO 63130 USA