iTECH's Email Service for School Districts
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iWayMail FAQ
- Can iWayMail handle large school districts ?
- Is iWayMail available for small schools ?
- What are my spam blocking options ?
- Does iTECH use the BlackHole list for spam blocking ?
- What are my virus blocking options ?
- Can iWayMail limit the email to a preapproved list of individuals ?
Can iWayMail handle large school districts ?
Yes: iWayMail is scalable software. Basically that means that it will run on a large computer as well as a small computer. With the correct hardware, iWayMail can provide a central Email server, Web Mail reader and spam and content filtering for the very largest school Districts.
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Is iWayMail available for small schools?
Yes: iWayMail service for stand alone schools and small Districts is available as a turnkey E-mail server box. This permits the faculty and students to access their Email from every workstation on the school network. This small school server is fully featured including the WebMail reader, web based administration for adding, deleting and modifying accounts, spam blocking and profanity content filtering.
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What are my spam blocking options ?
There are a wide range of spam blocking options. They can be combined as appropriate for a given setting. There is the administrative blocking list that can be used to block mail for all the mailboxes in the district. Each individual can also create their own list of blocked addresses.
Spam blocking can be turned on for all messages with bad "to" addresses. Turning on this form of spam can be done by the site administrator or by the individual user. The mail is placed in the spam mailbox. They individual user can add addresses that might be forwarded to this mail server. They can also override spam mail treatment for specific addresses.
The third method of spam blocking is based on patterns of message content. Mail which contains spam indicator phrases will be sent to the individual's spam mailbox just as with the bad address case, the individual can specify that messages from a given source are not to be checked for content.
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Does iTECH use the BlackHole list for spam blocking??
After experimenting with the various BlackHole lists that are available, we found they were ineffective in dealing with the way spammers are using the Internet today. Knowing the address from which spam was sent in the past, has little value since spammers do not "send" the mail from the same address again. Some forms of BlackHole lists end up punishing the victims of spam mail rather than the spammers.
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What are my virus blocking options ?
iWayMail, through a partnership with Kapersky Labs, provides an integrated virus blocking software. This suprisingly economical and effective product will be quoted. i Norton and McAfee virus scanners can be integrated with the iWayMail. They end user must deal directly with those virus blocking firm to obtain the license
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Can iWayMail limit the email to a preapproved list of individuals ?
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