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WHAT'S UP WITH SPAM E-MAIL?

The Information Technology Department is doing several things to try and minimize the impact of "spam" (unwanted or junk e-mail) on you and the LCC e-mail service. As you've certainly noticed, the Internet has been plagued with quasi-commercial and often illegal activities that generate a huge quantity of spam. The GroupWise administrators run several programs that attempt to intercept the obvious spam messages. This is a difficult task and spam does occasionally get through these systems as the spammers are getting more sophisticated in their efforts to avoid interception.You can also protect yourself somewhat by only using your LCC e-mail address for work related purposes. This will lower your exposure to the spammers and their efforts to collect your e-mail address. In addition, you can also use the GroupWise Junk Mail features to further protect yourself from spam. For more information on this feature see http://www.lanecc.edu/it/hdrefs/documents/junk_unknown_address.pdf - Todd Lutz