Purpose

Policy Statement

Applies to

Responsibilities

Messages sent to employee mailing lists must:

• Originate from a BSC e-mail address
• Be a member of the group to which the message is being sent
• Contain a descriptive subject line
• Pertain only to college business
• Be primarily applicable to the members of the selected list.  Messages should not be sent to multiple lists as a method of circumventing the college's Community Announcements system.
• Be consistent with BSC's Responsible Use of Information Technology Policy.

Material not to be posted to employee mailing lists includes:

• Classified ads, political, opinion/editorial, or general discussion messages.
• Chain letters of any kind and other messages that are in violation of college electronic mail policy.
• Computer virus or public safety messages. These are only accepted from Information Technology and Campus Police, respectively.
• Attachments should not be sent to this lists, but links to other on-line sources of information may be included in the body of the messages.
• Members of the BSC community are not permitted to create custom distribution lists.  Creation of custom lists may be considered SPAM and may be subject to sanctions listed under the Responsible Use of Information Technology policy.

*The Allemployee e-mail mailing list was discontinued in July 2004 to reduce email volume and the potential for electronically spread viruses.  Members of the campus should post messages to the employee community with the new Community Announcements system.