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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] Opinion: Blocking hotmail, etc?
If you are trying to block all web based email, you are setting yourself up for a bunch of work. There are many different free services, and many local ISPs also support web interfaces to their email systems. If you succeed in blocking all webmail, then you just shift the personal email to your own servers. You then are more likely to have perfomance impacts on your in house servers. As far as liability goes, I think you are more likely to get in trouble if the email is actually sent using your email system than using a hotmail system. If your policy says no personal email whatsoever, I think it is a bad policy. People have lives outside of work, and email is an efficient way for them to take care of things like asking the spouse what time dinner is, whos turn is it to pick up the kids from daycare, etc. Overly restrictive policies can lead to an environment where in the best case, employees leave for greener pastures, in the worst case, they stay, but are disgruntled and decide to "work to rule". If the company shows no flexibility for the employee, why would the employee show flexibility for the company? My preferred internet and computer use policy is that limited personal use is acceptable, provided it does not affect ones ability to do their job, or negatively impact the ability of others to do their job. Andy Welter [email protected] ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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