E-mail Spam

Kuna School District receives over 22,000 e-mail messages every day. Approximately 91% of these messages are classified as spam and blocked by the District's e-mail filter. Parties sending inappropriate email constantly modify their methods in an effort to by-pass filters, allowing a small percentage of spam to make it to a local user’s e-mail account.

District Responsibilities
To minimize the amount of spam and to reduce the threat of virus, malware, and other malicious code inadvertantly being installed on your computer the District Technology Department has implemented the following practices;
 * The District maintains and updates a spam filter appliance the monitors every incoming e-mail message. E-mail messages that match spam profiles are automatically blocked.
 * The District network manager reviews and updates the SPAM profile list on a weekly basis.
 * All incoming e-mail messages with certain types of attachments that commonly contain viruses are not delivered but are instead placed in a quarantined folder and the technology team is notified.
 * A member of the Technology Team will then review the message, check that attachment for viruses and then forward it on to the original recipient.

Staff Recommended Guidelines
Please error on the side of caution when reading and opening email. Use the following guidelines to reduce the chances of virus and malware infecting your computer.
 * Only open email and email attachments from sources you trust
 * Delete all unwanted or suspicious email messages without opening
 * If you suspect an email message may be spam, delete it
 * Never send personal information via email
 * Do not respond to any suspicious messages
 * Do not send or forward junk email, chain email, or hoax virus warnings
 * If you are unsure about a message’s authenticity, contact your building technician