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I am going to be very blunt here. When it comes to the AUP, the users opinions don't really matter. There is a certain expectation of privacy that is granted by the AUP. As the AUP is currently interpreted (by the people who really matter: the ones enforcing it), scanning email in any form would be a blatent violation of the AUP. It is important to remember we don't have a traditional corporate AUP at MSU, ours is purely an academic model. If you wanted to get around this issue for your department you could scan your own mail server so long as all the users were to sign a document granting you permission to do so prior to beginning the scanning. -tim ---- Timothy D. First, MCSE, CNA [log in to unmask] Information Technologist II (517) 353-4420 x335 Administrative Information Services Fax: (517) 355-5176 Michigan State University -----Original Message----- From: Cheryl Akers, Microcomputer Support - Microbiology [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:17 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Pilot- Why not have it auto-scan attachments for virus's Hi Mike, Maybe you've missed the recent discussion in this group. It seems that there is some concern that it might violate the acceptable use policy on campus. Several of us polled our users (I got 26 positive responses for scanning and NO negative responses) and didn't find that they had any concern about their privacy being violated. I think it is still under discussion at campus networking. At 10:34 AM 10/31/2001 -0500, you wrote: > I have set up Norton Corporate edition here in my department and it >catches literally hundreds of virus's from email attachments a day, and >this is a small department (Parks, Recreation and Tourism Recourses). >Just thought I would pose the question. mike Cheryl Cheryl Akers, MS, CNA - [log in to unmask] Microcomputer Support - Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 153 Giltner Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 517-355-8406