Sunday, July 09, 2006

Schools lose bid to spam filter

Cobb County filter blocks telco's eMail

A telecommunications executive claims a Cobb County School District spam filter cost the district the chance to save $250,000 a year in telephone service. After the filter blocked Mike Russell's response to a request for more information about his bid for services, Russell was disqualified from consideration because he seemingly failed to respond in time. The incident highlights the imperfect nature of spam filters--and serves as a lesson to vendors and school leaders not to rely solely on eMail for important communications. Read on ...

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