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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
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Posted: Fri Oct  5 02:25:23 1984
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Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis, CS Dept.
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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